The (Un)Erotic Community of Bodies: From Walt Whitman to the Beats
Elisa Sabbadin, University College Cork, School of English, PhD Farid Ghadami, Univ Paris Est...
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The Death of David Kammerer: 80 Years Later
The story of Lucien Carr killing David Kammerer is well-trodden ground in Beat circles, but like...
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A Restless Quest for Spiritual Freedom: Jack Kerouac, Hoboism, Zen Buddhism, and the Fellaheen Ethos
Jack Kerouac has certainly been and is still an inspiration for various groups of people coming...
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First Draft, Best Draft?
Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” is one of the best-known poems of the twentieth century, its opening line...
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Hope Savage
He that lives upon hope will die fasting. Benjamin Franklin The connection between hipsters and...
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To Catch a Moment in Time: An Interview with Neeli Cherkovski
Yesterday, we received the sad news that Neeli Cherkovski had passed away. He was the only person...
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Interview with James Grauerholz
James Grauerholz first read Naked Lunch in 1966 when he was 13 years old and he immediately “fell...
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Burroughs at 110: Remembering Those No Longer With Us
This month, we are celebrating the 110th anniversary of the birth of William S. Burroughs. Today,...
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The Tangible Absence of Doctor Benway
From Balloons to Hospitals: Walt Whitman’s Blindness and Insight Earlier this month, as part of...
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Translating Interzone Pt.2: Udo Breger
This month, we are celebrating the 110th anniversary of the birth of William S. Burroughs....
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Translating Interzone Pt. 1: Farid Ghadami
As part of our month-long William S. Burroughs celebration, we are about to embark upon a short...
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Jack Kerouac and Allan Temko: Contrasting Visions of the Sublime
One of Jack Kerouac’s closest friends and literary associates in the 1940s was a fellow aspiring...
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