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Joshua Chaplinsky is the author of The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me At Night, Letters to the Purple Satin Killer, The Paradox Twins, Whispers in the Ear of A Dreaming Ape, and Kanye West—Reanimator. His short fiction has been published by Vice, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Thuglit, Severed Press, Expat Press, and Broken River Books. He was the Managing Editor of LitReactor.com (2011-2023). Follow him on various social media at @jaceycockrobin. More info at joshuachaplinsky.com. He lives in Queens, NY with his wife and cats.
Joshua Chaplinsky 
I’m a huge Kanye fan, and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed your book. I love how you played off of real-life events in his life and created a new dimension of what could have been. The story was very well told, and I’ve been sharing your book with all sorts of Kanye fan clubs throughout the Twitter and Instagram to get the word out. I believe my favorite line was “this is at least a four barn record. ”
I do have a couple questions about the book though despite having read it twice now. So, Donda died of complications from her surgery the first time. After bringing her back to life does he kill her by smothering her with the pillow? If so, why?
I’m not complaining by any means, but I’m surprised there was no mention of Yeezus. To me, that’s when Kanye was
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Thanks for reading. I’m glad you enjoyed the book.
As for Donda, what happened was, Kanye SAID she died from complications due to her surgery, but in reality, he had smothered her. When she is reanimated, she relives her final moments, thus revealing what actually happened.
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