<div>Richard Hell may best be known as a punk icon, a founding member of seminal bands Television, the Heartbreakers, and The Voidoids, but for decades he’s been a prominent voice in American letters. Through his novels<i>Go Now</i> and <i>Godlike</i>, and his critically acclaimed autobiography, <i>I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp</i>, Hell has proven himself as a talented and insightful writer across many genres, in many forms. But one might argue that Richard’s true genius lies in shorter form as a writer on culture. &quot;Love comes in spurts,&quot; Hell once sang, and that could well describe the intensity of his penetrating and wickedly droll criticism.<br><br><i>Massive Pissed Love</i> is a collection of Hell’s ruminations on art, literature, and music, among other things, that’s like a candy box of reading treats, a bag of shiny marbles, a cabinet of mementos and uncanny fetishes. However one thinks of it, it’s a joy to read from start to finish and a deeply necessary addition to the oeuvre of one of the sharpest minds and sensibilities at work today.</div>