di Giovanni Iozzoli “Arrivammo a Denver con l’indicatore del carburante quasi vuoto e l’Hudson che tossiva polvere da mille miglia di deserto. Era quel periodo selvaggio, sacro e folle in cui Dean e io eravamo inseparabili…” La notizia è rimbalzata dall’America, ma non ha prodotto un grande clamore letterario. All’inizio si era parlato di un manoscritto inedito, poi dopo la cosa è stata ridimensionata a racconto breve – giusto un paio di cartelle su carta a rotolo da telescr...| Carmilla on line
The writers Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) and Len Deighton (1929-) were near contemporaries but otherwise would seem to have very little in common. Kerouac was a key figure in the Beat movement, celebrated for his stream of consciousness prose style in “On the Road” (1957) and other novels. Deighton is the bestselling author of well-crafted and carefully researched thrillers including “The IPCRESS File” ((1962) which was adapted into a successful 1965 film starring Michael Caine.| National Library of Scotland Blog
This video was taken by the filmmaker Robert Frank on the streets of the East Village in 1959. In the video, we see Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Lucian Carr, Carr's three children and Carr's wife Francesca. Carr's sons are Simon, Caleb and Ethan.| The Last Bohemians
. Why this Deadhead Beatnik Beatlemaniac loves Pop’s Princess I’ve been into Taylor Swift since a New York Times profile in 2008 talked about her confessional songwriting and use of social media — at the time, MySpace. (!) Her second album Fearless was set to come out (and would go on to win Album […]| Brianland
