Naropa Turns 40
This Sunday, April 20th, Naropa University – which was founded by Tungpa Rinpoche and was...
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Peter Orlovsky Obituary
On May 30th, 2010, Peter Orlovsky died at the age of 76. He is best known as the long-time partner...
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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...
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by Hannah Withrow 1 I begin my immersion into female Beat writers fittingly with Diane di Prima; referred to in one anthology as “Poet Priestess,” she is one of the more well-known of these women. My introduction to her large...
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by Harry Burrus When Jack Kerouac died in 1969, only one of his 20+ books was in print. At the time, many critics announced the Beat Generation was irrelevant and had faded away. Others claimed the Beats were an insignificant...
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