The 5 Best Books About William S. Burroughs

6 years ago

Last week, I reviewed a new book about William S. Burroughs that focused on the author’s time in Europe during…

New Books on Hunter Thompson and William Burroughs

6 years ago

The Hell’s Angels Letters Last year, I had the pleasure of reading Margaret Ann Harrell’s Keep This Quiet, a memoir…

Why Did William Burroughs Shoot His Wife?

6 years ago

William Burroughs is largely known for three things.  He was a junkie, he wrote Naked Lunch and he shot and…

Review: The Fall of America Journals

6 years ago

The Fall of America Journals is the third of a three-book series edited by Michael Schumacher and published by the…

A Sixty-Year History of The Rum Diary

6 years ago

Sixty years ago, on June 26th, 1960, an article with an odd title appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal. “A Louisvillian…

The Howling Inferno: Crying Out in Anguish to America

6 years ago

But all the streets are burning everywhere. The city is burning these multitudes that climb Her buildings. Their inferno is…

Beatdom #20 is on Sale

6 years ago

I am really happy to be able to say that Beatdom #20 is now - finally - on sale. We…

What to Expect from Beatdom# 20

6 years ago

For the past few months, the world has been in turmoil. Life has been turned upside down for many of…

Allen Ginsberg’s First Poem?

6 years ago

I was doing some research this morning for a forthcoming book about Hunter S. Thompson (who attended the Kentucky Derby…

From “Philadelphia-Sigma subversion and insurrection” Center to Kingsley Hall: exploring the Laing-Trocchi-Berke connection

6 years ago

It should have been one of the most enduring countercultural unions of the century: Alex Trocchi, avant-garde novelist, drug fiend,…

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