"Kevin Killian was obsessed with stars. Not in a metaphysical sense, like the grand lineage of poets that went before him, but the celebrity kind. Some were A-listers he kept a vast database on Julia Roberts and some more obscure. In 2000, taken by the work of cult literary sensation JT LeRoy, and confusion about their identity, Killian gave public readings of their work in San Francisco, where he had lived for 20 years after moving from New York."
"She ran through his work like letters in a stick of rock. In 2008, he published Action Kylie, a poetry collection that included works named after Kylie songs (Slow, Spinning Around, Your Disco Needs You), and more abstract scenarios, such as the lovelorn An Audience with Kylie Minogue, in which lyrics from Fever intertwine with the mundanity of Love Hearts sweets."
Kevin Killian cultivated an obsession with celebrity figures and maintained a detailed database on stars like Julia Roberts while also admiring more obscure figures. He promoted cult writers, giving public readings of JT LeRoy's work in San Francisco after two decades living there. He converted unknown poets into local celebrities through energetic events and ardent introductions. He participated in San Francisco's New Narrative movement alongside writers such as Kathy Acker and Robert Glück. His fandom of Kylie Minogue inspired the 2008 poetry collection Action Kylie and influenced later fiction and poetry referencing her songs and B-sides.
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