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Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Thomas Merton

Posted by David S. Wills | Oct 1, 2022 | Essays

The following is an excerpt from Bill Morgan’s forthcoming book, Thomas Merton, Lawrence...

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 28, 2022 | Essays

This essay first appeared in the chapbook, BUK100: My Old Man (Newington Press). When you talk...

Posted by Eliot Katz | Jul 2, 2022 | Essays

Editor’s note: This essay, written by Eliot Katz, author of The Poetry and Politics of Allen...

Posted by Kirby Olson | Jun 15, 2022 | Essays

Editor’s Note: Eliot Katz has issued a response to this essay, which can be read here....

Posted by David S. Wills | Jun 7, 2022 | Essays

If you Google “Allen Ginsberg and Richard Brautigan,” you won’t find many relevant search...

Posted by David S. Wills | Apr 11, 2022 | Essays

Hunter S. Thompson once observed, quite astutely, that “Myths and legends die hard in...

Posted by David S. Wills | Jan 8, 2022 | Essays

The Japanese author Haruki Murakami has become internationally renowned over the past few decades...

The following is a transcript from a speech I gave recently at the Angkor International Festival...