Category Archives: Books

Miguel Angel Asturias – Strong Wind (1968)

Posted on July 22, 2019 by

Tristes Tropiques – V.S. Pritchett (May 1969): “On its polite and somehow always politic annual round, the Nobel Prize was given in 1967 to Miguel Angel Asturias, who is known as an important Guatemalan diplomat and a sensitive novelist of … Continue reading →

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Beat Hotel

Posted on July 21, 2019 by

“The Beat Hotel was a small, run-down hotel of 42 rooms at 9 Rue Gît-le-Cœur in the Latin Quarter of Paris, notable chiefly as a residence for members of the Beat poetry movement of the mid-20th century. It was a ‘class … Continue reading →

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How Stanley Kubrick Staged the Moon Landing

Posted on July 18, 2019 by

“Have you ever met a person who’s been on the moon? There are only four of them left. Within a decade or so, the last will be dead and that astonishing feat will pass from living memory into history, which, … Continue reading →

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Memories, Dreams, Reflections – Carl Jung (1963)

Posted on July 15, 2019 by

“It is to be observed of many scientists that when they pass the 60-year mark they are tempted to compensate for their approaching retirement by dwelling on the larger issues. Indeed, should the urge to offset their diminishing labors be … Continue reading →

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Nixon White House tapes

Posted on July 14, 2019 by

“The Nixon White House tapes are audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973.  In February 1971, a sound-activated taping system was installed … Continue reading →

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The First Contact Sheet of the Counterculture

Posted on July 11, 2019 by

“It was a typical Village Voice front page from 1967: Over the left two columns, a street portrait of the ‘dean of American pacifists,’ A.J. Muste; over the right two, an action shot of police arresting Charlotte Moorman, the Juilliard-trained … Continue reading →

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Anti-Intellectualism in American Life – Richard Hofstadter (1963)

Posted on July 10, 2019 by

“Different moments that are chronicled in this exhibition point up the tensions and ambiguities that characterize the role of the intellectual in a democratic society. For instance, is the American intellectual ultimately responsible to the public, or to the freedom … Continue reading →

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