KEROUAC: ON THE VERGE OF FAME
After hand-delivering the final manuscript of On the Road to Viking Press in Jan. 1957, Jack Kerouac spent...
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JACKET WEATHER: A LEFT-FIELD, PUNK-STEEPED NEW YORK CITY LOVE STORY BY MIKE DECAPITE
Mike DeCapite’s writerly trajectory reads like a punk band’s Horatio Alger story: Upon arrival in NYC, his first...
PAUL WILLIAMS: FROM CRAWDADDY! TO PHILIP K. DICK
Paul Williams was among the first writers to take rock ‘n’ roll seriously as an art form. He...
GREGORY CORSO: STREET PUNK & BEAT TURNED POET & PLAYWRIGHT
Because he was often seen as a character in one of Kerouac’s writings, Gregory Corso has been given...
SEARCH & DESTROY: UNDERGROUND ART AND PUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO
Search & Destroy, a visually arresting San Francisco punk zine, began publishing in 1976, and quickly set a...
PAGING V. VALE: STILL RE/SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH
Countercultural anthropologist and founding member of Blue Cheer, V. Vale has documented the 1970s San Francisco punk scene...
MY BOYS: STERLING LORD ON JACK KEROUAC, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI AND KEN KESEY
The longtime publishing insider and agent Sterling Lord is still keeping the Beat flames burning for Kerouac, Ferlinghetti...
BUST AN ATTITUDE: THE MAGAZINE THAT IS FIERCE, FUNNY, AND PROUD TO BE FEMALE
As the groundbreaking women’s lifestyle magazine and website enter their 26th year, the nation lurches toward some dystopian...
STAR POWER FOR FOXY TEENS, A 1970s ‘GROUPIE’ MAGAZINE
Naked shots of David Cassidy next to quizzes that asked the girl readership “How Far Out Are You?”...
HARVEY KURTZMAN AND HIS CRY FOR HELP!
The Mad genius (in more ways than one!) kept going after parting company with William Gaines, creating other...
THE MANY LIVES OF ANAIS NIN
Anaïs Nin’s diaries told of an independent, bohemian woman on a sensual and artistic journey – carousing with...
FAMOUS AUTHORS WHO WROTE FILTH!
Erotica imprints such as Olympia Press gave many authors, including Fran Lebowitz, Diane di Prima and Roald Dahl...