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Celebrate the life of Herbert Huncke!

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Herbert Huncke celebration

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...]

St. Huncke

Jim Nawrocki

St. Huncke / credit: de

St. Huncke Christ was hung between the thieves and forgave them amid the blaze and fly buzz of Golgatha, maybe he finally reckoned that thievery is nothing if not a borrowing of … [Read more...]

Book Event July 26 & 27, 2013 – American Hipster: The Life of Herbert Huncke

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American Hipster - The Life of Herbert Huncke

Hilary Holladay, author of the newly-released biography, American Hipster: The Life of Herbert Huncke will be giving a reading, question-and-answer session and booksigning in San Francisco on July … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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