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Jonah Raskin : Jack Kerouac’s ‘Mishmash’ Life
Jack Kerouac. Photo by Tom Polumbo, circa 1956. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Jack Kerouac’s ‘mishmash’ lifeand his biographers None of Kerouac’s biographers are as concise as he was, none of them as poetical as he, and none of them as unapologetic … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Beat Generation, Biography, Books, Jack Kerouac, Jonah Raskin, Literature
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Kerouac Biographer and Ex-Lover Joyce Johnson
Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson, New York City, late ’50s. Image from The Duluoz Legend. Inset below: Joyce Johnson.Joyce Johnson:A portrait of the biographer as ex-lover By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | September 5, 2012 “I don’t really … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Generation, Books, Interview, Jack Kerouac, Jonah Raskin, Joyce Johnson
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INTERVIEW / Jonah Raskin : Gerald Nicosia on Kerouac and the Beats
Visions of Kerouac: Gerald Nicosia. Photo illustration by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Beats are back bigger than before: A Rag Blog interview withKerouac scholar Gerald Nicosia By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 16, 2012 For decades, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Generation, Gerald Nicosia, Interview, Jack Kerouac, Jonah Raskin
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Thorne Dreyer : Journalist, Author, and ‘Investigative Poet’ John Ross (1938-2011)
The late great John Ross.Farewell to our great friend John Ross See “Los Muertos,” a poem by John Ross, Below. By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / January 18, 2011 Yesterday I received an email with the following message: … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Beat Generation, Cancer, Deaths, John Ross, Journalists, Mexico City, Poetry, Poets, The Rag Blog, Thorne Dreyer
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Paul Buhle : Pekar and Kupferberg were Oblique Jewish Intellectuals
Harvey Pekar (left) in 2003, and Tuli Kupferberg in 1968. Photos from Getty Images / Forward.Harvey Pekar and Tuli Kupferberg:They looked at the world from an oblique angle By Paul Buhle / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2010 See … Continue reading
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Tagged American Jews, Artists, Beat Generation, Cartoonists, Harvey Pekar, Historians, Leftists, Musicians, Paul Buhle, Poets, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties, Tuli Kupferberg, Underground Comix
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Tuli Kupferberg of The Fugs : Rock’s Inner City Shaman
Tuli Kupferberg. Image from The Poetry Project.Beat poet, humanist, political mystic, rock star:The Fugs’ Tuli Kupferberg dies at 86 Despite all my waspy-whitebread cultural upbringing I fell in love with this individual immediately, even though he was probably the ugliest … Continue reading
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Tagged Beat Generation, Carl R. Hultberg, New York City, Poets, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties, The Fugs, Tuli Kupferberg
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Jonah Raskin : Robbing Jack Kerouac With a Fountain Pen
Jack Kerouac. Photo by Tom Palumbo.Robbery:The ongoing legal battle for Control of Jack Kerouac’s literary estate By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / August 5, 2009 Woody Guthrie was right. Some will rob you with a six-gun, some with … Continue reading
Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 90
Photo of Lawrence Ferlinghetti by Deanne Fitzmaurice / SF Chronicle.Catching up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti ‘Oldies such as myself talk about the good old days with nostalgia since that was when they were young and beautiful (and full of testosterone).’ — … Continue reading
LITERATURE : Road Fatigue
The Beat Generation in the rearview mirrorBy A.G. Mojtabai / July 11, 2008 Even from a distance, it was easy to guess that the clerk with the bowed head at BookPeople was reading behind the counter. Face to face, she … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Austin, Authors, Beat Generation, Books, Exhibitions, Literary Criticism, Literature, UT-Austin, Writers
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