Writer, playwright and critic Gary Indiana, 74, has died, his family announced on Oct. 24. He lived among the detritus of the L.A. and New York starving artist/drug addict scene before becoming an actor and playwright in the 1970s: his works (performed at the Mudd Club, Club 57, the Performing Garage) included Alligator Girls Go to College, Curse of the Dog People, and The Roman Polanski Story. Indiana became the outspoken art critic for the Village Voice, and wrote such novels as Resentment: A Comedy, Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story, Depraved Indifference, White Trash Boulevard, and Tiny Fish that Only Want to Kiss, as well as any number of essays. He also wrote and appeared in experimental videos. Indiana told Michael Barron in 2016 that “It’s strange to me when someone states that a novel I’ve written mirrors my own life. Quite often, it isn’t, at least to the extent people claim. A person’s life isn’t a story. It just isn’t. Life doesn’t make narrative sense. Maybe it does after you die, but while you’re alive, it really doesn’t conform to narrative logic.”
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