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Tristessa

Tristessa Black tresses Dirty dresses You mess-a Mucha lucha, Muchacha, señorita Esperanza Junk is a drag “It is a way…

11 years ago

Melvillian Flat

There’s something about this second-floor Red Bank flat that hints of Melville, poor Bartleby scribbling away at his lonely desk,…

12 years ago

Setting Kerouac to Music: An Interview with Kubilay Uner

This article originally appeared in Beatdom #14 - the MOVIE issue.   Kubilay Uner is the composer for the 2013…

12 years ago

Joyce Johnson’s Novels Available From Open Road Media

Joyce Johnson is best-known for her 1983 memoir, Minor Characters, which focuses on the years 1957-58, and concerns the role…

12 years ago

The Greatest Road Movie Never Made

  Brando should have played Dean; Jack’s 1957 letter to Marlon asking him to buy the film rights to On…

12 years ago

Bloomsday Thoughts: Kerouac & Joyce

"In those days I was writing a Joyce-like novel in which I was the Dedalus; and called myself Duluoz. Let's…

12 years ago

Under These Stars

The latest title from Beatdom Books is Tony R. Rodriguez's magnificent road novel, Under These Stars, and it is now available…

12 years ago

Sal’s Sad New Jersey

Hoboken apartment Paterson Lincoln Tunnel Paterson and the Passaic Holland Tunnel “ . . . I was three thousand two…

12 years ago

Old Shoe

“ . . . my old cracked shoes weep . . . ” i “ . . . turning an…

12 years ago

Mark Murphy/ Bop for Kerouac

“I want to be considered a jazz poet . . .” i Don’t miss Mark Murphy’s 1981 recording “Bop for…

12 years ago

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