About Michael Amundsen

Michael Amundsen holds a doctorate from the School of Humanities at Tallinn University, where some of his work concerned looking at Jack Kerouac’s writing for its ethnographic sensibilities. He has also written on busking culture, urban studies and autoethnography as a research method. He is a journalist who has contributed to the Guardian, Financial Times, and many others.

He is the editor of Baltic Publishing, an academic book publisher located in Tallinn, and is co-editor of Tallinn Arts magazine.

He has taught humanities and English literature at San Francisco State University, Tallinn University and the Estonian Academy of Art. Learn more at ebsn.eu/members/michael-amundsen.

Bob Kaufman’s Lonely Vigil – Michael Amundsen

Michael Amundsen

Bob Kaufman the man is hard to pin down. His life is wrapped in mystery, legends, and hagiography. It was in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood where both the legend and the man began to take form. He arrived in the late 1950s when he was 33, having already made contact with notable Beat figures in New York and sailed around the world on merchant ships. Arriving at … [Read more...]

Jack Kerouac: Avatar of American Buddhism

Michael Amundsen

"I have nothing to offer but my own confusion." -- JK It is intriguing that secular, educated Americans often have difficulty with the rituals and story of Christianity, seeing it as irrational, but eagerly read their horoscope or find new age morality or belief systems relevant to their lives. As traditional organized religion has lessened in influence, spiritual needs and … [Read more...]

Bob Kaufman’s Lonely Vigil – Michael Amundsen

Jack Kerouac: Avatar of American Buddhism

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