Beat Generation

Peter Orlovsky at Yosemite (photo by Ginsberg), 1956 Church of St Francis, Morocco, 1956 Michael Portman Tangiers, top; possibly Ahmed...

Harry Redl, Kenneth Patchen with a collection of his painted books on the rooftop of his apartment house in San...

Breading G. Way, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1888 "The answer is never the answer. What’s really interesting is the mystery. If...

1. Indian scriptures 2. Chinese scriptures 3. Old and New Testament 4. Gibbon and Plutarch 5. Homer (again) 6. Shakespeare...

Chappaqua is a 1966 film written and directed by Conrad Rooks. The film is based on Rooks' experiences with drug...

Gregory in front of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens 1959 James Burke / LIFE Gregory in front of the...

* Paul Cézanne, Nature morte à la soupière, 1877 ** Arthur Rimbaud ...

Neal Cassady, 1951 July 16, 1951 (San Francisco) . After arriving back in New York, Kerouac replied to Neal on...

"Listening to that?" said the woman, pointing with a smile to the radiogram. "That", said...

Jack Kerouac, Not Long Ago Joy Abounded at Christmas . "In the general uproar of gifts and unwinding of...