“The Upside of Chaos is Freedom”: una conversazione con Steve Erickson

Born and raised in Southern California, Steve Erickson is one of America’s greatest contemporary writers. Mostly associated with postmodernism and the Avant-Pop experimental artistic movement, Erickson is the author of thirteen books, including Days Between Stations (1985), Tours of the Black Clock (1989), Arc d’X (1993),  Amnesiascope (1996), Zeroville (2007), and Shadowbahn (2017). During his long career he has received multiple awards, such as the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature and the Guggenheim Fellowship. In this interview held in Hollywood in February 2023, the writer discusses his deep tie with the city of Los Angeles, the relationship with his writing and various issues which populate his literature, such as music, cinema, politics, history and art.