Beat Generation

  • Frank Zappa, John Cage, Patti Smith & others celebrate William S. Burroughs at the Nova Convention

      In 1978, after many years of living…Source: dangerousminds.netIn 1978, after many years of living in London and Tangiers, William S. Burroughs decided to return to his home country. For a small group of artistic weirdos, this was a significant… Continue reading

  • Darling visions

    …this is just a beginning your fault lines on the wall waiting to break a part of the night first thinking best thinking purity of complettion suddenly lost and found among the allied forces who invited days’ dark depressions– meaningless… Continue reading

    Darling visions
  • Keeping the Humanities Vibrant

    My good colleague Robert Frodeman and his friend Chris Buczinsky take a crack at rethinking how to keep the humanities something that resonates to 21st Century students. In “Howl,” a blistering poetical rant and perhaps the most important poem of… Continue reading

    Keeping the Humanities Vibrant