Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in New York one hundred years ago today - 24th March, 1919. After a difficult childhood…
The world was a different place in post-war America. Suburbs were scant, malls were unheard of, and the nation was…
October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that date, in a “run…
Clearing out the garage Going through mountains of books Nooks and nooks of books Old English lit books New York…
This Sunday, April 20th, Naropa University - which was founded by Tungpa Rinpoche and was America's first accredited Buddhist university…
In 1953, William S. Burroughs published his first novel, Junkie, which ended with the ominous line, “Yage may be the final…
“What are you rebelling against?” the local girl asks one of the “saintly motorcyclists” in the 1953 movie The Wild…
But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency, immorality, amorality ...…
There are few places around the globe that fully encompass all things Beat Generation in the same way as the…
Review by Michael Hendrick; Photo by Jerry Aronson A look around at the landscape of today's world reveals cultural melee…
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