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Patt Morrison Asks: Tiffany Shlain, wired in
Like one of those faster-than-light particles that's gone before you can see it, filmmaker and tech innovator Tiffany Shlain zips from the virtual to the real and back again. The Bay Area native whom Newsweek named one of the women shaping the 21st...Tags: Movies, Documentary (genre), AIDS, Google Inc., University of Chicago
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The Reading Life: Interviewing William Burroughs
Jacket CopyA newly published interview of William Burroughs by his friend Allen Ginsberg reminds book critic David L. Ulin of the time he went to Kansas to talk to Burroughs, a notoriously opaque interview subject.... -
Beat goes on at H.B. gallery
In the shadow of Bella Terra, a photographic exhibition is underway that chronicles a lesser-known French chapter in the history of the counterculture Beat movement. Through April 21, the OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art in Huntington Beach's Old World...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Jack Kerouac, Literature, Documentary (genre), Arts
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Listen to 'First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels' by Allen Ginsberg (1:03)
Daily PressRead by Sam McDonald, features reporter and music columnist. Play audio: if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) { alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js."); } else { AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/...Tags: MP3 Players, Ken Kesey, MP3s
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Barney Rosset dies at 89; publisher fought censorship
Barney Rosset, the renegade founder of Grove Press who fought groundbreaking legal battles against censorship and introduced American readers to such provocative writers as Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean Genet, died Tuesday in...Tags: Joan Mitchell, FBI, NPR, Jack Kerouac, Literature
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An accidental author
The poet Allen Ginsberg, who liked to work quickly, had an oft-stated theory about writing: "First thought, best thought." Michael Henderson, a Huntington Beach resident who found himself out of a job early this year, never aspired to be the next...Tags: Google Inc., Michael Henderson, Book
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Bob Hare dies at 80; owner of Hermosa Beach coffeehouse that drew Beat artists
When Bob Hare opened his Hermosa Beach coffeehouse in 1958, he called it the Insomniac because it was open until 3 a.m.
He brewed his coffee in a 300-pound dry-cleaning boiler and served it to such high-profile members of the Beat Generation as Allen...Tags: Artists, Music, Lenny Bruce, Hermosa, Coffee
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George Whitman dies at 98; founder of legendary Paris bookshop
George Whitman, the legendary founder of the Paris bookshop and literary institution Shakespeare & Co., died Wednesday. He was 98.
The Left Bank bookshop was closed Wednesday, and a note on the door said Whitman had suffered a stroke a few months...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Lawrence Durrell, Book, Los Angeles Times, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Book review: 'Beyond Religion' by the Dalai Lama
Los Angeles TimesFor most of his 76 years, the 14th Dalai Lama has been the spiritual light for followers of Tibetan Buddhism, his every word parsed for guidance to living a better, more fulfilling life. Awarded the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, the Dalai Lama has been an...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Buddhism, Values, Science, Book
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Fug Yeah: A memoir from Ed Sanders
Fug You
by Ed Sanders, Da Capo, 416 pp., 200 illustrations, $26
Ed Sanders has been a cultural force in America for the past half-century. Arguably best known for his satirical rock band the Fugs and his perennially wide-selling book, The Family:...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Lower East Side, Literature, Poetry, Charles Manson
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Dance review: Pennington and Yorke troupes premiere collaboration
Culture MonsterA review from Long Beach as Pennington Dance Group and Yorke Dance Project premiere first collaborative dance "Overlay."... -
Shakespeare & Co. founder George Whitman, 98, dies
Jacket CopyGeorge Whitman, the legendary founder of the Paris bookshop and literary institution Shakespeare & Co., died Wednesday at age 98....
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