The 27-volume Novel I'm Obsessed With, Steve Donoghue, and Tonsillitis

Wherein the narrator has managed, just hours before tonsillitis rendered him speechless, to crank out a length collage-style exploration of his favorite book series, Mark Z. Danielewski's 27-volume THE FAMILIAR, and also to relate that with certain things mentioned by his favorite YouTuber, Steve Donoghue. Special thanks to Michael Silverblatt, the host of KCRW's magnificent show BOOKWORM, for the permission to excerpt some of his conversation with Mark Danielewski. Thanks also to Steve Donoghue for letting me chop up some of his own work and assemble it here. His channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/saintdonoghue Had to use text-to-speech software for the concluding segment.