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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 together! Participants include: Hilary Holladay, author of Herbert Huncke: The Times Square Hustler Who Inspired the Beat Generation Dennis McNally, author of Desolate Angel: Jack … [Read more...]

St. Huncke

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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 glory, the grand barter that’s truly the only real commerce of this planet. Think of the nobility of stealing a typewriter, it’s metal mouth and teeth, its heaviness … [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 27. There will be rare video clips played, which have been sent by filmmaker Laki Vazakas who made the compelling documentary Huncke and Louis. Tate Swindell will also play a … [Read more...]

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