Scorsese and Dylan: A Match Made in Fantasy
In Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, a cinematic genius and a Nobel Prize-winning musical icon pair for a magical and purposefully deceptive look at rock 'n' roll life in the mid-'70s.
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Allen Ginsberg’s Journals Offer Insight into Poetry, Culture, and Politics During the Cold War
Beginning in Cuba in 1965, Ginsberg recorded his experiences behind the Iron Curtain. Iron Curtain Journals: January-May 1965 brings us with him, via his intimate diary.
The Beat Goes on with ‘Kerouac on Record’
These essays explore the connection between Kerouac and the music he loved -- Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Miles Davis and others -- and the musicians who loved him, in turn.
No Reader of ‘William Blake and the Age of Aquarius’ Will Remain Unmoved
Blake's illuminated prints and poetic songs of soft innocence and apocalyptic experience influenced the post-WWII generation of American artists, musicians, and counter-culture leaders such as Allen Ginsberg, Jim Morrison, and Bob Dylan.
Allen Ginsberg: The Artist as Mensch
The overwhelming impression from Allen Ginsberg’s interviews is his lack of ego. He comes across, again and again, as a fundamentally decent person.
The Long Journey and Many Masks of William S. Burroughs
Barry Miles' Call Me Burroughs may the best biography written about the man to date.