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Borne of the smoke-infused speakeasies of 1950s and 60s underground San Francisco, California, the art of spoken word was popularized by beatnik novelists such as Jack Kerouac. Today, hip hop has infused new spoken word poet Jon Goode and others to give voice to serious topics ranging from AIDS and prostitution to gas prices and love.
In November of this year, Penguin will roll out a novel that has remained an enigma for over half a century. An early collaborative effort between Jack Kerouac and William S Burroughs , the mystery of And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks has now outlived its creators. With the discovery of the missing reels of Metropolis and all the haggling over Nabokov’s manuscripts , what is it about such...
Did I mention that I’ve been rereading some Jack Kerouac? I read The Dharma Bums over the last couple of weeks, and am working on Tristessa and Desolation Angels now. Jack was a great gloopy nut, a fanatic wordsmith, a one-man army of the night. Publishing obscene Etruscan odes on the dumpsters of yuppie Californee. I’m [...]
Off today to annual wonderful poetry & friends gathering at Bernadette Mayer & Phil Good's upstate NY Poetry BBQ & Reading. Dave Brinks is flying in from New Orleans, and boy, is he cooking! Then, on Sunday morn early plane out to Denver to join the fourth week of Naropa's Jack Kerouac School's summer program . I hope to get some postin' done from there, but who knows? Meanwhile on 4 July, now for...
I played cricket at our office picnic. Plus, Into the Wild, Jack Kerouac's American Journey, Night of the New Magicians, homemade naan, three beer reviews and less. RetroPoll: Best way to celebrate July 4th?
Penguin run an annual student competition to design a paperback book cover. This year the books were On the Road by Jack Kerouac, and On Beauty by Zadie Smith. The 2008 winner and shortlist is available here, and, although more monochromatic than last year, the list shows how diverse, engaging and talented UK student graphic [...]
Jack Kerouac's manuscript for On the Road and Robert Frank's The Americans , June 26-September 21, 2008 at the Indanapolis Museum of Art The bible of the Beat Generation has been unrolled before us - 84 feet today, the remaining 36 feet in August. If you have the time, zeal and a strong back, you can read the entire text from the seminal scroll, admiring the beauty of its repeated realignment every...
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It is Wednesday, June 25 and here are some of today's calendar items: Pop Culture auction -- including "Tony Soprano" costumes (pictured,) a check signed by Marilyn Monroe and Jack Kerouac's Stewart AM/FM portable radio -- at Christie’s Rockefeller Center...
Tomorrow, Christie’s will be selling used clothing, an old stapler and a cookie recipe. The renowned auction house hasn’t turned into your neighborhood garage sale, though—unless your neighbor is selling Tony Sopranos’ clothing, Jack Kerouac’s stapler, and a NASA cookie recipe. Here’s what else your money can buy at Christie’s Pop Culture [...]
Shortly before midnight on September 4th 1957 Jack Kerouac and his partner Joyce Johnson were waiting on a street corner for delivery of the following day’s New York Times. In it was a review of Jack’s second published book On The Road, which hailed its publication as “an historic occasion”. Kerouac’s life was changed forever by the review. He’d go to sleep that night and wake up famous. Yet, as Johnson...
Book to win - Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac and The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (and Yarn!) Deadline - June 30 Conditions - Comment or email entry. Comment - Specify the prize you... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
MANCHESTER, Tenn. — "On the Road" with Death Cab for Cutie isn't just a weak pun for the touring band. Jack Kerouac's book is an inspiration to lead singer and songwriter Ben Gibbard, who wrote many of the songs on their new album "Narrow Stairs" at a cabin in California's Big Sur once occupied by the author. Death Cab for Cutie performed Sunday at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival where their powerful,...
Death Cab for Cutie's lead singer, Ben Gibbard, finds inspiration in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road." The title is especially apt this summer, as the band tours the world.
