A Transylvanian Tale
Searching for silence in Romania Winter in the Eastern Bloc, it’s about 9pm, the night sky outside...
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A Postcard from Ginsberg
In January 1976, Columbia Records released Desire, the Bob Dylan LP, replete with liner notes by...
Read MoreOn the Road changed my life… Kind of
by Wayne Mullins One of the most common quotes you will hear from fans of Jack Kerouac is how...
Read MoreThe End of the Road
R. R. Reno The road dominates the American imagination, from the Oregon Trail to Route 66. That strange, in-between time of escape, freedom, and adventure: On The Road, you leave behind all the ordinary routines and demands....
Read MoreThe Crooked Path Towards Salvation
I pull into the parking lot of the Motel 6 at 3 am. I’ve been driving for 18 hours...
Read MoreIn Tangier
by Steven O’Sullivan “A true document of human desperation.” -Playwright Tennessee Williams on Mohamed Choukri’s autobiographical novel about life in Tangier, 1973. The release of Choukri’s For...
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The Beat Generation and Travel
More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...
Read MoreFinding Alene
Finding Alene–Excerpts by Christina Diamente There is of course no definitive way of knowing a woman who has been dead for almost two decades. Knowing and understanding her in life was equally complicated. Nineteen years...
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Walking With the Barefoot Beat: Alene Lee
by Christina Diamente No girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering And so...
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