Tag Archives: Burroughs

Ali’s Smile: Naked Scientology – William S. Burroughs (1971)

Posted on March 28, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Ali’s Smile: Naked Scientology is a collection of essays and a short story by American Beat writer William S. Burroughs (1914–97). First published in 1971 as the short story ‘Ali’s Smile’, the book eventually contained a group of previously published … Continue reading →

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Coffee, Confusion and Jim Morrison: The Forgotten History of Hip Coffee Houses and Beatnik Poets in the Nation’s Capital

Posted on March 9, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Cafe Rienzi, opened by painter David Grossblatt, was one of the first coffee shops in New York. Located on MacDougal Street, 1957. “The Beat Generation emerged in the 1950s as a bohemian-fueled movement of visionary literary heroes, passionate poets and … Continue reading →

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The strange history of the East Village’s most famous street

Posted on February 15, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The corner of Second Avenue and St. Mark’s Place in 1968. “St. Marks Place—the three blocks of East Eighth Street that run from Astor Place to Tompkins Square Park—has become a symbol of the East Village. Head shops serve as … Continue reading →

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A Golden Guide: Hallucinogenic Plants

Posted on January 4, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Around the same time Albert Hoffman synthesized LSD in the early 1940s, a pioneering ethnobotanist, writer, and photographer named Richard Evan Schultes set out ‘on a mission to study how indigenous peoples’ in the Amazon rainforest ‘used plants for medicinal, … Continue reading →

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The Campaign Against The Underground Press*

Posted on December 12, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Kaleidoscope, April 26-May 9, 1969 “In the 1960s, investigative journalists, poets, novelists, political activists, community organizers, and artists formed an unprecedented alliance for change in the vigorous underground press movement that flourished in the United States. This network of counterculture, … Continue reading →

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1960s Dial-a-Poem

Posted on December 10, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

John Giorno at Dial-a-Poem in 1969 “On any given night in 1970, a teen somewhere in rural America could dial a number and hear the radical wisdom of Patti Smith, John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Bourroughs – the list … Continue reading →

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Remarks on Timothy Leary’s Politics of Ecstasy by Allen Ginsberg (December 12, 1968)

Posted on November 23, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“By the late ’40s of this memory Century the people I knew best and loved the most had already broken through the crust of old Reason & were dowsing for some Supreme Reality, Christmas on Earth Rimbaud said, Second Religiousness … Continue reading →

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Diane di Prima

Posted on November 9, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934 – October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Di Prima authored nearly four dozen books. … She edited … Continue reading →

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Tracking the Beat Generation Across Three Continents

Posted on October 8, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Jack Kerouac, “On the Road” (1951) “PARIS — Though almost entirely lacking a female presence — artist Jay DeFeo and poet Diane Di Prima being the exceptions that prove the rule —  the Centre Pompidou’s airily laid out retrospective of … Continue reading →

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Grove Press

Posted on September 14, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1947. Imprints include: Black Cat, Evergreen, Venus Library, and Zebra. Barney Rosset purchased the company in 1951 and turned it into an alternative book press in the United States. … Continue reading →

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