Tuesday, January 13, 2009

News at Eleven: [Arthur] Rimbaud was an impossible guest.

He took to nude sunbathing just outside the house. He turned his room into a squalid den. He mutilated an heirloom crucifix. He was proud of the lice infesting his long mane and even pretended he was encouraging the vermin to jump on to passers-by. [Paul] Verlaine was delighted with Rimbaud's antisocial antics, which recalled to him his own younger excesses before his marriage.

from The Guardian: Teenage dirtbag

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