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In the three memoirs I have published, “Butterfly Boy,” “Autobiography of My Hungers” and “What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth,” I am the peripatetic narrator attached to the past yet always moving forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2019

His most recent book is the memoir “What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2018

Both were diagnosed with a similar neurological disorder around the same time, as he recounts in his new memoir, "What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth: A Memoir of Brotherhood."

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2018

The clashing of the thin grey swords, The click of heels upon the boards, The hiss of coat-sleaves strained and slit, Drowns the faint sounds of buttons hit.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2012

And that is lost too in their country's shouts The voice of gratitude for those that fell, Drowns every thought in those who live to mourn; The hand of charity for those who are left.

From Heathen Mythology by Various