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Jack Kerouac

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October in the Railroad Earth

Jack Kerouac

October in the Railroad Earth is a long, flowing prose poem recounting Jack Kerouac’s memories of his experiences as a “student brakeman” on the Southern Pacific Railroad in California. In his interview with Paris Revi...
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Jack Kerouac explains what "Beat" means – in French

Jack Kerouac

I love this interview with Jack Kerouac, conducted in French, from a Canadian chat show. I was always surprised, whenever anybody asked Kerouac what the "Beat" generation meant, that nobody ever took into account the fact th...
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Serge Gainsbourg Jane Birkin
Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson
Jack Kerouac
Here's a Friday night treat for you all - the complete concept film of Serge Gainsbourg's classic "rock opera", Histoire de Melody Nelson. There's little doubt that Melo...
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Cecil Taylor steve dalachinsky 2018 poetry month
after cecil taylor concert
Jack Kerouac
after cecil taylor concert sing not song but string tuned harp(ie)s-chords lyric rhyme well constructed chaos nite – now a room floats about us enfolds & pos...
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Mugshots collage, from the collection of Mark Michaelson
Sensitive Skin 13 – Table of Contents
The Editors
Here's the complete list of all the pieces from our 13th issue, along with the back cover, a collage of mugshots from the collection of Mark Michaelson, submitted for your perusal....
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Photograph by Hal Hirshorn
Photographs
Jack Kerouac
Hal Hirshorn makes 21st century photographs using 19th century materials and methods. Specifically, salt prints, a technique invented by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1841. The i...
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Painting by Don Van Vliet
Paintings of Don Van Vliet
Jack Kerouac
Don Van Vliet, more widely known by his pseudonym Captain Beefheart, retired from music in 1982 and devoted his life to painting. Asked why he didn't go to his own openings, he...
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