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English
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One of the renowned Beat writer's most formally inventive books, Mexico City Blues is Jack Kerouac's essential work of lyric verse, now reissued following his centenary celebration
Written between 1954 and 1957, and published originally by Grove Press in 1959, Mexico City Blues is Kerouac's most important verse work. It incorporates all the elements of his theory of spontaneous composition and his interest in Buddhism.
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The Pocket poets volume no. 23
Publisher
City Lights Books
Pub. Date
c1968
Language
English
Publisher
Audio Literature
Pub. Date
p1996
Language
English
Description
Female Beats wrote poetry, took drugs, went on the road, listened to jazz, and lived on the fringe just as the men did, but their accomplishments are not as widely recognized. This volume attempts to correct this oversight by profiling 40 women of the Beat generation and publishing samples of their work. Well-known poets Diane di Prima and Denise Levertov appear in the volume, along with the muses of male writers and other women who never became famous...
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Publisher
Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Pete and Liz live a cynical existence as part of a beatnik commune in a New York City loft. One day, the loft receives an unexpected visitor, a wayward toucan carrying a highly contagious virus that causes intense feelings of happiness and kindness in anyone affected by it! Pete catches the virus and soon an outbreak of euphoria spreads throughout the city like wildfire. But happiness threatens a society that thrives on misery, so the government sends...
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