Happy Birthday to Mikhail Bulgakov, from Patti Smith and Beatdom!
On May 15, 1891, Mikhail Bulgakov was born. Today, also May 15, Patti Smith was kind enough to...
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Hinduism: A Different Beat
from Beatdom Issue 10 (buy here) by Geetanjali Joshi Mishra and Ravi Mishra * As a religion,...
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The Weird Cult: How Scientology Shaped the Writing of William S. Burroughs
Note: This essay inspired the 2013 book, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird...
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Review: One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road
One and Only: The Untold Story of On The Road, may have played more to the heart had it been...
Read MoreTristessa: Heavengoing
by Paul Arendt Jack Kerouac’s surroundings invariably affected his writing style. Narrator Leo Percepied’s voice in The Subterraneans reflected Kerouac’s emergent interest in psychology, and the author’s vision of the...
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