Confessions of a Failed Egoist: and Other Essays

Explication, rumination and fulmination from Portland author Trevor Blake. Sixteen selections range from a critique of Objectivism to the career of filmmaker Nabil Shaban (focusing on The Skin Horse, a documentary on the sex lives of cripples). In addition there is a history and usage of Multiple Names (popular from obscure art movements like Neoism to common folk mythologies), a biographical sketch of Baltimore native and mutant tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, among other topics. Putting the €œI€ in €œhistory€, the author touches on a cultural history of Egoism, a personal €œtrajectory€ through Anarchism, and his personal shift on 9/11 are also detailed herein.

€œConfessions of a Failed Egoist is somewhere at the crossroads between The Satanic Bible and Prometheus Rising. Everything you know is wrong, but don€t worry: It€s just the punchline to the great epistemic joke. Blake€s book is a throwback to the days of H.L. Mencken mercilessly skewering sacred cows on the left and right, while firmly rooted in our present day victimology industry conundrums. Blake€s book provides inspiration for thought. Bring it up at your next boring work party and scare your colleagues.€ -Nick Pell