I think of how Allen Ginsberg could see society when gizmos glistened salvation, freeways traced our future, freeon cooled our passions, primeval blackooze birthed plastic, the prophylactic … [Read more...]
Ten Favorite Books List Contributed by Little
1. The Complete Fiction by Bruno Schulz As close to a dream as writing can get. 2. Cages by Dave McKean The safety of illusions, the golden cage of lost hopes. McKean is the Stanley Kubrick of … [Read more...]
Ray Manzarek
I turned my laptop on just after dawn this morning, as I usually do, and sat down with a cup of strong black coffee to see what was happening in the world. Two stories caught me like punches to the … [Read more...]
3 Poems by Amy Soricelli
He Forgot Again: (Sunday, November 11, 1962) If i could dance around the light like a bug - I would see all that I was through the sparkling beauty of wings. The fluttering movements wandering … [Read more...]
Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s birthday with a few videos
In honor of Allen Ginsberg's birthday (June 3, 1926), we've gathered a few videos together. We've got some poetry for you, a chant, and an interview or two. What are your favorite Ginsberg … [Read more...]
Christina C.’s Ten Favorite Books
1. Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac Ahhhh Ti Jean...in my eyes you're best 2. Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins Zany and great 3. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran One of those life books … [Read more...]
Michael McClure will appear at the 1st Annual JAZZ POETRY FESTIVAL – San Francisco June 8, 2013
1st ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ POETRY FESTIVAL Saturday, JUNE 8 2 shows, 7:30 & 9:00 AL YOUNG accompanied with bass MICHAEL McCLURE with GEORGE BROOKS on sax SFJAZZ Laureate ISHMAEL REED … [Read more...]
Poet A.D. Winans’ Top Ten Books List
1. Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse 2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller 4. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest … [Read more...]
Book Release – The Life of Ling Ling: A Novella About Iraq
In The Life of Ling Ling, the Marines of Combat Outpost Bordelon are weeks away from going home. Buried fantasies of a peaceful future rise to the surface as returning home from Iraq alive suddenly … [Read more...]
Review – Alleycats and Beatsters: The Hip, the Gone, and the Way Gone
Alleycats and Beatsters, a collection of essays by British writer Kenton Crowther, explores what it means to be Beat, the nature of hipness, and the poets, writers and hipsters who orbited the Beats, … [Read more...]
Eric D. Lehman’s Ten Favorite Books
1. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 2. The Magus by John Fowles 3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac 4. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller 5. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 6. One … [Read more...]
Top Ten Books List Contributed by John W.
1. V. by Thomas PynchonOpened my eyes to what modern writing could do 2. Little, Big by John CrowleyThe best American magic-realist novel ever 3. Dhalgren by Samuel R. DelanyBlew my mind 4. … [Read more...]
A William S. Burroughs top ten from Jed B. with his comments
comment: So you have read Naked Lunch and Junkie and maybe even paged though the Nova Trilogy of Soft Machine, The Ticket That Exploded and Nova Express, you think you know William Burroughs. Well … [Read more...]
Peter’s Top Ten Favorite Books
Dune by Frank Herbert A magnificent creation, we come back for the religion, the politics and the myths, which are so much more powerful precisely because he does not expound them. The Collector … [Read more...]
Empty Phantoms: Interviews and Encounters with Jack Kerouac is reissued
In 2005, Thunder's Mouth Press published my collection of interviews with Jack Kerouac. It was titled Empty Phantoms: Interviews and Encounters with Jack Kerouac. Not long afterwards, the famed … [Read more...]
Hear That Lonesome Whistle
I started drinking while the Wyoming sky was pink and you could still see forever. Earlier that day I found just enough smack to keep me from being sick. It got me moving. It got me out in the sun. … [Read more...]
Richie Havens at the Festival of the River: Photos
[Note: I took these photos in 2009, and present them here again in memory of Richie Havens, who passed away on April 22, 2013 at the age of 72. Rest in peace, Richie.] Richie Havens played the … [Read more...]
Blue Bird Cult
Jim Camp’s Ten Favorite Books
1. You Can't Win by Jack Black Here's a book that was way ahead of its time, and right now, it's my all-time favorite. Next week, I'll have another new favorite...in fact, probably by next week I'll … [Read more...]
from a novel-in-progress . . . .
i We backtracked from the northern path after losin’ our way, me n’ my brother, to Tempest County. We’d been on n' indian trail for three days, movin’ by night, restin’ in orchards n’ groves n’ … [Read more...]