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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100

Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in New York one hundred years ago today - 24th March, 1919. After a difficult childhood…

7 years ago

6 Places Where the Beats Hung Out

The world was a different place in post-war America. Suburbs were scant, malls were unheard of, and the nation was…

9 years ago

Sixty Years After the Six Gallery Reading

October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that date, in a “run…

11 years ago

Lawrence and Me

Clearing out the garage Going through mountains of books Nooks and nooks of books Old English lit books New York…

12 years ago

Naropa Turns 40

This Sunday, April 20th, Naropa University - which was founded by Tungpa Rinpoche and was America's first accredited Buddhist university…

12 years ago

William S. Burroughs: Botanist

In 1953, William S. Burroughs published his first novel, Junkie, which ended with the ominous line, “Yage may be the final…

13 years ago

After the Deluge

“What are you rebelling against?” the local girl asks one of the “saintly motorcyclists” in the 1953 movie The Wild…

13 years ago

The Beat Rap Sheet

But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency, immorality, amorality ...…

13 years ago

The City Lights Bookstore: the Beatnik’s Mecca

There are few places around the globe that fully encompass all things Beat Generation in the same way as the…

14 years ago

DVD Reviews: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs: A Man Within

Review by Michael Hendrick; Photo by Jerry Aronson A look around at the landscape of today's world reveals cultural melee…

14 years ago

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