Banned Books Week & the Beats
A look at this year’s Banned Books Week and its relation to the Beat Generation.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Tribute
On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake’s 2010 Barbary Award at Herbst Theater. The celebration will be attended by Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Lenny...
Read MoreHowl is Here
A collection of Howl reviews
Read MoreAh Pook is Here: Graphic Novel
Following on the heels of Eric Drooker and Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Illuminated Poems, is William S. Burroughs’ foray into the world of the graphic novel is set to be made public by Fantagraphics Books. It should...
Read MoreHowl: The Graphic Novel
September 24th sees the release of the much awaited movie, Howl, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. The movie features a long animated sequence in which Eric Drooker brings Ginbserg’s poem to life, stanza by...
Read MorePeter Orlovsky Obituary
On May 30th, 2010, Peter Orlovsky died at the age of 76. He is best known as the long-time partner...
Read MoreJames Franco on Allen Ginsberg
James Franco has an essay in the new Vanity Fair about what it’s like to play Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming movie, Howl. The essay is called “Finding the Beat”… which happens to be the title of another...
Read MoreThe Beat Generation and Korea
Since coming to Korea I haven’t really heard much about the Beat Generation. It’s hardly surprising, of course. The Beats are popular around the world, but they remain at their most appealing in English language-speaking...
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