Joe Gould’s Secret Discovered in the Afterword of Hippos
“The usual assortment of stupid characters was assembled in Minetta’s. Joe Gould was sitting at a...
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Two Young Men and Two Paintings on a Hot Summer Day
“In the air-cooled museum Phil spent ten minutes in front of a portrait of Jean Cocteau by...
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“The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise” and the Hippos and Benny Goodman and the Savoy
“We passed the Apollo theater . . . . and then we crossed the street to a penny arcade . . . . and...
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Homophobia in the Media’s Treatment of New Ginsberg Movie
So Daniel Radcliffe is going to play Allen Ginsberg in a new movie, called Kill Your Darlings. The...
Read MoreThe Battle for Kerouac’s Estate
“Money is the root of all evil”For I willWriteIn my will“I regret that I was not ableTo love money more.”Jack Kerouac, 238th Chorus, Mexico City Blues Jack Kerouac died on October 21st, 1969, of cirrhosis of the liver. By the...
Read MoreThe Sea is my Brother
Since the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, Kerouac has been somewhat revitalized. Despite being dead for forty years, Beat enthusiasts are still getting to read fresh material, as publishers trawl through his estate for...
Read MoreAnd the Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks
One famous and pivotal moment in Beat history was the killing David Kammerer by Lucian Carr. It...
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