A couple of weeks ago, I read an article by a philosophy professor, Karen Simecek, who said that conceiving of our lives as narratives is a bad idea. She thinks it’s a bad idea because some narratives are negative or have a negative effect, presumably on the narrator. She didn’t mention the brain in her […] The post Where Are We Going, Walt Whitman? appeared first on Farther to Go!.| Farther to Go!
Frank O’Hara’s gravestone, Green River Cemetery, in Springs, New York Alfred Leslie – The Telephone Call – (1971-2), oil on canvas, 96 x 120 ins. courtesy the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St Louis, Missouri It’s the anniversary of the death today of the great American “New York School” poet, Frank O’Hara photo: Harry Redl, […]| The Allen Ginsberg Project
Michael Horovitz and Allen Ginsberg at the International Poetry Incarnation at The Royal Albert Hall in London, 1965 – photograph by/via Peter Whitehead Michael Horovitz remembered by John Hegley and Adam Horovitz on BBC Radio 4’s Last Word, July 2021, presented by Matthew Bannister, & celebrating Allen Ginsberg (with additional commentary by Barry Miles) on […]| The Allen Ginsberg Project
Allen Ginsberg on William Blake’s The Book of Ahania continues from here (from Chapter 4, part 4) AG: “They reptilize upon the Earth.” – Okay, whence comes this notion of the reptilian meats, reptilian orgasm? He is saying that’s Urizen‘s version of having a body separated from feeling. Separating from some emotional truths – Ahania. […]| The Allen Ginsberg Project
Sandra Fox Murphy, Tweetspeak's Poet Laura, finds common ground with the Beat poets, National Poetry Month and Earth Day.| Tweetspeak Poetry
A Portrait of The Artist As A Young Man Here’s what I riffed to social media after I got home from the advance screening on December 18th . . . Caught the sold-out “A Complete Unknown” IMAX screening in Toronto last night — and boy was it GREAT to see it on a […] The post A Complete Unknown movie review appeared first on Brianland.| Brianland
Embrace what you Fear: Being with Blake My Introduction to Blake My mother gave me Blake. In a church bazaar she found Songs of Innocence, a lovely 1927 edition faithful to the original. I spent long hours deciphering the calligraphy and contemplating the illustrations entwined with the text. I was fascinated by the possibility that […]| thehumandivinedotorg
Philip Pullman reflects on how Blake’s poetry has influenced and intoxicated him for more than 50 years Introduction: Unlocking the doors of perception Sometimes we find a poet, or a painter,…| thehumandivinedotorg
(Alene Lee, 1950's)| The Last Bohemians
(Gerd Stern in 1963)| The Last Bohemians
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
Despite being one of the most famous poems of the 20th century, the origins of "Howl" are shrouded in myth. This essay explains how this famous poem was written.| Beatdom
. 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