A.P.D. (a presidential disaster) announces the publication of Inauguration Raga, by Dan Wilcox, a 16-page chapbook of a poem improvised on January 20, 2017. The poem was written from 10:00am to … [Read more...]
DADA Centennial: Day of the Dead at the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction Archives
Show runs through January 2017 (by appointment) Reception Friday Nov. 4, 2016 from 4-7 PM DADA Centennial: Day of the Dead at the International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction … [Read more...]
Michael McClure MEPHISTOS book launch and other events!
Mephistos and Other Poems Celebrating the release of his book of new poetry Thursday, November 17th, 7:00 pm CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE 261 Columbus at Broadway San Francisco, CA free event, … [Read more...]
Guy Debord film, The Society of the Spectacle, now online
Guy Debord (1931-1994) was the most influential figure in the Situationist International, the notorious subversive group that played a key role in provoking the May 1968 revolt in France. "The … [Read more...]
A.D. Winans and Andy Clausen Reading, 7.16.15
San Francisco native poet and writer A.D. Winans and NY poet Andy Clausen will be reading from their collective works at the Beat Museum. Both poets were friends with many of the Beat Era poets … [Read more...]
Readings and Book Release: Latif Harris’ Barter Within the Bark of Trees
Latif Harris' new poetry collection, Barter Within the Bark of Trees, is newly released by Duende Press. About Latif Harris Harris grew up in Los Angeles but relocated to San Francisco in 1958 … [Read more...]
The Ghosts Who Travel with Me: A Literary Pilgrimage Through Brautigan’s America by Allison Green
I must have decided that Trout Fishing in America would be the one to represent all that I had read and loved as a teenager. But who had that girl been? And did she notice that the woman on the cover … [Read more...]
Michael McClure & George Brooks: Free Concert
Come to the Bay Area Book Festival... MICHAEL McCLURE & GEORGE BROOKS on sax FREE CONCERT - POETRY & JAZZ Sunday, June 7, 2015 12 pm - 12:50 pm The Brower Center, in Goldman Theatre 2150 … [Read more...]
Beatnik Shindig! June 26-28, 2015 in San Francisco
The Beat Museum's "Beatnik Shindig" to be held in North Beach and at Fort Mason Center is the largest Beat Generation Conference to be held in twenty years. The last big Beat event was organized by … [Read more...]
Reading to Celebrate Poet Harold Norse, May 9, 2015
A poetry reading in celebration of a new selected edition of the acclaimed Beat poet and former Sonoma County resident Harold Norse will be held at Copperfield’s Petaluma bookstore on Saturday, May … [Read more...]
Remembering Ronnie Burk
Ronnie Burk, poet and activist, Surrealist and Buddhist, would have been 60 today on April 1, 2015! Celebrate him with a remembrance post at ACT UP Archives filled with photos and collages. Feel free … [Read more...]
Selected Poems of Harold Norse: Poetry Reading April 11, 2015
The next poetry reading for the selected poems of Harold Norse will be on Sat. April 11th at Alley Cat Books featuring Kevin Killian and the return of Neeli Cherkovski! Readings from I Am Going to … [Read more...]
Record Release Party: April 18 2015 for Give America a Break: A Tribute to Jack Micheline
Unrequited Records announces the NYC record release party for GIVE AMERICA A BREAK: A Tribute to Jack Micheline Saturday April 18, 2015 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sidewalk Cafe 94 Avenue A New York … [Read more...]
Beat Generation Poet to Get New Voice with Kickstarter Campaign
A collection of rare and out-of-print interviews with Gregory Corso, one of the founders of the Beat movement in American literature Arlington, MA, February 11, 2015 -- After five years of … [Read more...]
Celebrate the life of Herbert Huncke!
Please come celebrate the life of Herbert Huncke on Friday, January 16, 2015, 7pm at the Beat Museum in San Francisco. Herbert Huncke was born in 1915; let's mark the centennial of his birth … [Read more...]
Michael McClure, Diane di Prima & Ouroboros! Nov. 16, 2014
Sunday • November 16th • 2pm La Commune Cafe and Bookstore 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland A reading by legendary poets Michael McClure & Diane di Prima Music by Ouroboros, a free-improv … [Read more...]
Herbert Gold kicks off his tenth decade with his 20th novel
Jorvik Press has some exciting news: What does a prizewinning author do when he’s about to enter his tenth decade with a track record of more than 30 books, sound of mind and body, full of ideas, … [Read more...]
William S. Burroughs centennial events at Lake Forest College
You are invited to join Lake Forest College in celebrating the 100th birthday of William S. Burroughs Lake Forest College, located in Lake Forest, Illinois, is helping to curate a series of … [Read more...]
PARCELS, a text art exhibition by bruno neiva
You are kindly invited to attend to PARCELS, a text art exhibition held by bruno neiva at Casa Museo Casares Quiroga, 12, Panaderas St., in A Coruña, Spain, from 2nd to 28th September 2014. PARCELS … [Read more...]
A.D. Winans poetry reading in SF Sept. 16, 2014!
Award winning native San Francisco poet A.D. Winans and Oakland native poet and activist Nellie Wong will be reading from their works on September 16, 2014 at Adobe Bookstore. A.D. Winans A.D. … [Read more...]