[Laughter.] I’m not sure we get along now.
Is it true that he once published a piece on Bladed Hyacinth that panned your work? Only to take it down later?
If I understand correctly, it’s the only piece he’s ever withdrawn from the site.
What do you think was behind his change of heart?
I have no idea. You’d have to ask him. Maybe he’ll talk about it in his memoir.
Well, we’ll all look forward to that. You’ll forgive me if I ask after one more rumor?
Certainly.
You’ve been romantically linked with the emerging filmmaker Denver Norton.
I have. [Pause.] That’s not a question. [Laughter.]
There’s quite a buzz around her new film, Love Lives of the Hell-Wolves. It’s a departure from her earlier work.
That’s fair to say.
It features explicit scenes of violent animal sex that have raised the eyebrows of both animal rights activists and people in the visual effects community.
Well, according to the narrative, the hell-wolves aren’t animals, not in a strict sense. But I shouldn’t say more—I don’t want to spoil anything.
Can you discuss how those scenes were achieved?
Denver Norton is a very talented filmmaker. And she was fortunate to work with two talented nonprofessional actors: my good friend Jørgen Storløkken, and the poet Elisa Mastic, who also has a new book coming out this fall.
You appear in the film as well.
Briefly.
A nude scene.
[Laughter.] I’m not going to comment on that. If people want to find out they can go see the film.
And we’ll have an opportunity to see it when?
It’s debuting as one of the showcased shorts at Telluride next month. New York audiences will need to wait until April, when it’ll be one of the Shorts in Competition at Tribeca.