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===Books=== ''The Voidoid'', a novella written in 1973, was finally published by CodeX in 1993.<ref name="fales" /> It was reissued in 2009 by 38th Street Publishers with illustrations by Kier Cooke Sandvik.<ref>[https://www.38street.com/bd/?bid=15] {{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> His early poetry collections include ''I Was a Spiral on the Floor'' (1988) and ''Across the Years'' (1992), both published by Soyo Publications.<ref name="fales" /> ''Artifact: Notebooks from Hell 1974β1980'', a collection of his punk-era journals, was released in 1990 by Hanuman Books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://printedmatter.org/catalogue/moreinfo.cfm?&title_id=5304 |title=PrintedMatter.org |publisher=PrintedMatter.org |access-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727185152/http://printedmatter.org/catalogue/moreinfo.cfm?&title_id=5304 |archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref><ref>''A Cultural Dictionary of Punk: 1974-1982'' by Nicholas Rombes</ref> In 1996, [[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]] published Hell's first full-length novel, ''Go Now'', set in 1980 and drawn largely from his own experiences.<ref name="fales" /> Hell released a collection of short pieces (poems, essays and drawings) called ''Hot and Cold'' in 2001.<ref name="fales" /> His second novel, ''Godlike'', was published in 2005 by [[Akashic Books]] as part of [[Dennis Cooper]]'s Little House on the Bowery Series.<ref name="fales" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akashicbooks.com/godlike.htm |title=Indie | Literary | Books |publisher=Akashicbooks.com |access-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212003653/http://akashicbooks.com/godlike.htm |archive-date=December 12, 2010}}</ref> Also published in 2005 was ''Rabbit Duck'', a book of 13 poems written in collaboration with [[David Shapiro (poet)|David Shapiro]]. More recent works include ''Psychopts'' (2008), a collaboration with artist [[Christopher Wool]], as well as ''Disgusting'' (2010) and ''I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp'' (2013).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/richard-hell-i-dreamed-i-was-a-very-clean-tramp-1798176221|title=Richard Hell: I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp|website=Aux.avclub.com|date=March 25, 2013|access-date=2019-10-10|archive-date=October 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010152021/https://aux.avclub.com/richard-hell-i-dreamed-i-was-a-very-clean-tramp-1798176221|url-status=live}}</ref> Hell's nonfiction has been widely anthologized, including a number of appearances in "best music writing"<ref>''The Penguin Book of Rock and Roll Writing'' (1992) and ''Best Music Writing 2007'' ([[Da Capo Books]])</ref> collections. ''The Toilet Paper Columns'' (2007) compiled his columns for the Colorado alternative magazine ''Toilet Paper'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.richardhell.com/hellrare.html|title=Merchandise: Richard Hell rare writings|website=Richardhell.com|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> while ''Massive Pissed Love: Nonfiction 2001-2014'' was issued by [[Soft Skull Press]] in 2015. Hell's archive of his manuscripts, tapes, correspondence (written and email), journals and other documents of his life was purchased for $50,000 by [[New York University]]'s [[Fales Library]] in 2003. A mural in Hell's hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, created by students from Lexington [[Montessori education|Montessori]] High School, was completed in June 2019. The mural, located in the city's North Limestone neighborhood, has three parts: two profiles of Hell, and a quote from his autobiography, ''I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=I dreamed I was a very clean tramp : an autobiography|last=Hell, Richard|isbn=9780062190833|edition=First|location=New York, NY|oclc=795757208|date=March 12, 2013}}</ref> "This was in Lexington, Ky. when everybody was a kid. I looked for caves and birds and ran away from home. My favorite thing to do was to run away. The words βletβs run awayβ still sounds magical to me."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article231821493.html|title=Montessori goes punk. Students paint mural of famous rocker from Lexington|website=Kentucky.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref>
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