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Happy Birthday, Lawrence Ferlinghetti!
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, an American poet, painter, book publisher, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers, turns 92 today. As a publisher, he promoted the work of the Beat Generation, including...
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Beatnik Birthdays
As March comes to a close, we look back at three prominent beatniks who were born in this month: Jack Kerouac, who would have been 90 on March 12; John Clellon Holmes, who would have been 86, also on...
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Kerouac’s On The Road comes to the big screen
On The Road has long been a favorite book of mine, so I am looking forward to seeing the film when it comes out. It seems the release date is somewhat ambiguous; it is scheduled to debut in Belgium...
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Jack Kerouac Movies
I’m all confused … I had been patiently waiting for the U.S. release of the film version of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, knowing that it had been pushed back from last December until sometime this...
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Poetry about jazz, then and now
As a fan of Jack Kerouac, I’ve always enjoyed hearing him read while Steve Allen accompanied him on the piano, check out this recording from 1959 titled “Charlie Parker.” I see that this type of...
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Pharrell Williams, Jack Kerouac, and hats
I finally got around to watching Walter Salles’ movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road last night. My wife, who hasn’t read the book, had a hard time following the story, and I think I would...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat and Kerouac’s Subterraneans
I mentioned recently that I found a bunch of old art magazine articles from the 1980s and early 1990s in my basement … it makes for some interesting reading from an art historical perspective,...
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