I used to write a lot about Long Island and Queens, but it’s taken me a long time to write about Brooklyn. I’ve been living here eight years now, in the neighborhood variously known as Prospect … Read the rest
Since Levi’s been reading Richard Hell and Johnny Temple’s letting us all in on his punk indie publishing philosophy over at The Book Standard, it seems like a good time to let you know about another important punk literary event, the opening of CBGBs: A Place that Matters, … Read the rest
I recently posted about possible plans in upstate New York for an “American Tragedy” reality tour of sorts, and we’ve also featured stories about other literary landmarks. Just like other types of “favorite sons” (or daughters, as the case may be), an author’s hometown can bring a lot of … Read the rest
If you’re up for a field trip and you love taking tours that revolve around a century old murder, there’s something in the works just for you! The residents of Herkimer County, NY are already planning centennial events to mark the county’s most famous murder case. The story of … Read the rest
Developers plan to build a retail and residential complex on the seafront that inspired James Joyce’s Ulysses. Historians, preservationists and Joyce fans are campaigning against the development — which proposes shops, apartments, restaurants and even a concert venue to be constructed along Scotsman’s Bay, Dun Laoghaire, outside Dublin.
Also, … Read the rest
Concord, a small country town about 15 miles northwest of Boston, was where the colonial American militia stockpiled their guns and ammunition in the months preceding the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The British attempted a surprise attack on the weapon stores in Concord on the night of April 18, … Read the rest
9 April 1997
by Lee Ranaldo
In April 1997 I had the chance to connect via telephone with William Burroughs to ask him some questions about Morocco and the years he spent in Tanger. Having traveled there a few times myself recently, I was curious about the Maroc of the … Read the rest
When Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac were creating the Beat sensation in the mid-to-late fifties, their friend and mentor William S. Burroughs was halfway across the world in Tangier, a seaport city on the North African coast on the Strait of Gibraltar.
Having run into legal troubles in America and … Read the rest
The early-to-middle 1970’s were good years for alternative culture in America. The antiwar movement of the 60’s proved itself wiser and more resilient than the pro-war military establishment, and by 1974 America was fully out of Vietnam and President Nixon was hounded into resignation. This same year, Allen Ginsberg and … Read the rest
