Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in New York one hundred years ago today – 24th March, 1919....
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Tag: city lights
6 Places Where the Beats Hung Out
The world was a different place in post-war America. Suburbs were scant, malls were unheard of,...
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Sixty Years After the Six Gallery Reading
October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that...
Read MoreLawrence and Me
Clearing out the garage Going through mountains of books Nooks and nooks of books Old English lit...
Read MoreNaropa Turns 40
This Sunday, April 20th, Naropa University – which was founded by Tungpa Rinpoche and was...
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William S. Burroughs: Botanist
In 1953, William S. Burroughs published his first novel, Junkie, which ended with the ominous...
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After the Deluge
“What are you rebelling against?” the local girl asks one of the “saintly motorcyclists” in the...
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The Beat Rap Sheet
But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency,...
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The City Lights Bookstore: the Beatnik’s Mecca
There are few places around the globe that fully encompass all things Beat Generation in the same...
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DVD Reviews: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs: A Man Within
Review by Michael Hendrick; Photo by Jerry Aronson A look around at the landscape of today’s...
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Gregory Corso: Poet of the Streets
by James Lough Illustration by Isaac Bonan If the first string of the Beat writers featured Jack...
Read MoreLawrence Ferlinghetti Tribute
On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake’s 2010 Barbary Award at Herbst Theater. The celebration will be attended by Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Lenny...
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