Terry Southern 1924-1995

"There is no power on earth that can loosen a man's grip on his own throat."

Terry Southern was sitting somewhere in the dark of the Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Michael McCurdy and I were looking for him during the intermission of a benefit viewing of Citizen Kane, as Michael had mentioned that he was working on illustrations for a new edition of Southern's stories and wondered if I wanted to meet him.

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