An Interview With Jon Beinart
Jon Beinart was recently interviewed by David Dannov. The following is an excerpt:
"As a child I was particularly obsessed with ants, flies and snails. I imagined that I had a special bond with them. I remember hanging out with a baby fly for a whole day once and it kept returning to my hand. At the time I thought we were friends, but in hindsight I'm pretty sure it was using me as a platform to regurgitate on. So I didn't really collect insects, I just hung out with them. I wasn't always so kind to ants on the other hand. Like many boys, I used to burn them with a magnified glass and play god… Thankfully this never developed into other antisocial or psychotic tendencies towards animals…"
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