Notes
1: In Defence Of Street Crime
David Foster Wallace is paraphrased.
2: The Corruption Of My Understanding
Leonard Cohen is paraphrased
Townes Van Vandt is quoted
Reactionary Review: Swift
I was not aware that Ferguson had actually written a book called Bamboozled, I was positing that she might have released a novelisation of the Spike Lee film of the same name.
6: The Addiction Of Stigma
The term “para” is shorthand for “junkie”. It is either derivative from “parasite” or “paranoid” but mostly it is used as a complete term, a derogative, without any thought or knowledge of it's origin.
Philip K. Dick is quoted.
9: Life on LIfe's Terms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park
Durkheim is referenced and partially quoted
Rescue Blues by Ryan Adams is hinted at
“And everybody wants to see you fall That's why they always love to get you high And everybody knows you need the pain So much, lady Well, keep in touch, baby Just don't charge me with your rescue blues”
10: An Understanding Of Lack
Escape Is So Simple by The Cowboy Junkies is name checked.
“Escape is so simple in a world where sunsets can be raced. But distance only looses the knife The pattern of its scar can always be traced.”