If you read only one Michael Jackson tribute…
…let it be this one by John Jeremiah Sullivan. Because it was hatched at Sewanee, somewhere between Sterling’s and Gailor. My nonfiction classmates will recognize the intro from our brainstorming session. Sullivan makes the case for MJ as a writer above all– which made me relate to the King of Pop in weird new way. What artist has “never known a reality that wasn’t susceptible on some level to his creative powers”?
Tags: GQ, john jeremiah sullivan, michael jackson, nonfiction
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September 1st, 2009 at 2:51 am
Thanks for posting this! I had forgotten how much I looked forward to checking out the article when ripples went through the SOL that John would be writing it. Funny, he mentions synaesthesia–I think he mentioned it in class last year, and it seemed to fascinate him.
This is one of the most absorbing articles on MJ I’ve read.
“That he embraced his destiny, knowing how fame would warp him, is what frees us to revere him.”
We are lucky folks.