WWAATD Exclusive: Matthew Savoca, the Curly Hair interview.

Matthew Savoca was born in 1982 in Pennsylvania. He is the author of long love poem with descriptive title (2010, Scrambler Books) and Morocco with Kendra Grant Malone (2011, Dark Sky Books). He builds and fixes things for money.

Let’s go all Seinfeld for a moment: your hair: whaaat is the deal with thaaat?

what did the zombie jerry seinfeld say? “whaaaat’s the deal with BRAAAAAAINS”

Do you feel that your hair gets all the attention? Does it ‘walk into a room’ before you do? What is so fascinating to people about the stuff growing out of your head?

my hair totally gets all the attention. we had a book release party last week, which was hosted by sasha fletcher, who is awesome, and to whom we gave free rein to introduce people however he wanted and his choice phrase for me was “matthew savoca is a piece of hair”, but yeah, it is often the first thing people mention. and people are always asking if they can touch it. a month ago i was at the dentist and the receptionist asked me, “so are all the ladies completely jealous of your curls or is it just me?” and at one point i found myself in an office-building restroom and the guy a couple of urinals down said, “so is that 70′s hair coming back in style or what?” he shattered the don’t-speak-to-people-you-don’t-know-while-peeing rule.

Have you always been proud and loving of your coif, or was there ever a time in your life when you shaved it off / dyed it unflattering shades / other?

at one point, in 5th grade, i had an M shaved into the back of my head. and when i was 19 i shaved my head completely bald in a sleazy hotel bathroom somewhere in germany, but i’ve had this hair you see me with now for something like six years, during which time the total wash-with-shampoo count has surely not exceeded 100.

Do you think naturally curly-haired people will one day get their comeuppance in this dog-eat-dog, flat-iron-tame, blow-dry-straight world?

i didn’t know my hair was curly until i was 21 or 22 and started growing it out, so the way i see it, the only hope for us is if ryan gosling suddenly discovers that his hair is curly. hey girl.

Who make the ‘Larry and Moe’ to your ‘Curly’ and why?

if curly is my hair, then larry is the bad joke i will tell you and moe is the drink you will buy me.

if curly is my hair, then larry is the dinner i will cook for you and moe is whatever happens after that.

if curly is my hair, then larry is giancarlo ditrapano because he doesn’t give a shit, and moe is kendra grant malone because she runs things.

if curly is my hair, then larry is my butterfly tattoo and moe is the silhouette of my ass.

Be honest: how much pussy does it get you really?

conceivably a lot, but, historically speaking, very little in one sense and kind of a lot in another. i mean, not too long ago i was at my grandmother’s retirement complex painting her apartment when a little old lady sneaked up behind me in the lobby and pretended to cut off a lock of my hair with her fingers in the shape of scissors. two of her little old lady friends across the way giggled and shouted out “get me one of those, too.”

Finally, give us your number one top tip for silky, sexy wild ringlets:

never let the natural oils get away, and always air dry.