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“peter orlovsky”

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  • Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words

    Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer

    by Peter Orlovsky, Bill Morgan ...
    Until now, the poet Peter Orlovsky, who was Allen Ginsberg's lover for more than forty years, has been the neglected member of the Beat Generation. Because he lived in Ginsberg's shadow, his achievements were seldom noted and his contributions to literature have not been fully recognised. Now, this first collection of Orlovsky's writings traces his fascinating life in his own words. It also tells, ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

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    Cracking Open the Writer's Craft

    by Natalie Goldberg ...
    Guidance on how to turn those flashes of inspiration into finished pieces, from the author of Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind.Any writer may find himself or herself with an abundance of raw material, but it takes patience and care to turn this material into finished stories, essays, poems, novels, and memoirs. Referencing her own experiences both as a writer and as a student of Zen, Natalie ... Read more

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  • Old Friend from Far Away

    The Practice of Writing Memoir

    by Natalie Goldberg ...
    Series series For Aspiring Writers
    “Memoir writers, buy this book, put it on your personal altar, or carry it with you as you traverse the deep ruts of your old road.” —Tom Spanbauer, author of The Man Who Fell in Love with the MoonOld Friend from Far Away teaches writers how to tap into their unique memories to tell their story.Twenty years ago Natalie Goldberg’s classic, Writing Down the Bones, broke new ground in its approach to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg

    The Letters

    by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg ...
    The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movementWriters and cultural icons Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, linked together not only by their shared artistic sensibility but also by a deep and abiding friendship, one that colored their lives and greatly influenced their writing. Editors Bill Morgan and David ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said

    by Robert Byrne ...
    Drawing from diverse personages from Goethe to Churchill to Woody Allen, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said is a witty wise quotation collection that deserves a special place on every humor lover's bookshelf.These unique, funny, and outrageous quotations, previously published in four separate volumes, are now gathered together in a seemingly limitless trove of pithy and often irreverent one ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Poems After Midnight

    A Knopf Poem-a-Day Selection

    by Knopf ...
    Most poets are or have been at one time or another members of what Mark Strand here calls “The Midnight Club”: they are insomniacs, or feel most productive in the middle of the night, or, if nothing else, are people whose work requires an openness to the dreams, visions, and scraps of inspired language that may drift across our path in the wee hours. In this selection, drawn from Knopf’s Poem-a ... Read more

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  • The Best American Poetry 2010

    Series Editor David Lehman

    Edited by Amy Gerstler, David Lehman ...
    **AMY GERSTLER’S COMMITMENT TO INNOVATIVE POETRY that conveys meaning, feeling, wit, and humor informs the cross section of poems in the 2010 edition of *The Best American Poetry.***The works collected here represent the wealth, the breadth, and the tremendous energy of poetry in the United States today. Featuring poems from some of our country’s top bards, including John Ashbery, Anne Carson, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Minor Characters

    A Beat Memoir

    by Joyce Johnson ...
    **Named one of the 50 best memoirs of the past 50 years by The New York TimesWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award“Among the great American literary memoirs of the past century . . . a riveting portrait of an era . . . Johnson captures this period with deep clarity and moving insight.” – Dwight Garner, The New York Times**In 1954, Joyce Johnson’s Barnard professor told his class that ... Read more

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  • The Sixties

    Diaries 1960–1969

    by Christopher Isherwood ...
    This second volume of Christopher Isherwood's remarkable diaries opens on his fifty-sixth birthday, as the fifties give way to the decade of social and sexual revolution. Isherwood takes the reader from the bohemian sunshine of Southern California to a London finally swinging free of post-war gloom, to the racy cosmopolitanism of New York and to the raw Australian outback. He charts his ongoing ... Read more

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  • A Year of Writing Dangerously

    365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement

    by Barbara Abercrombie ...
    In this collection of anecdotes, lessons, quotes, and prompts, author and writing teacher Barbara Abercrombie provides a delightfully varied cornucopia of inspiration nuts-and-bolts solutions, hand-holding commiseration, and epiphany-fueling insights from fellow writers, including Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners and Abercrombies students who have gone from paralyzed to published. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • When I Was Cool

    My Life at the Jack Kerouac School

    by Sam Kashner ...
    First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. ... Read more

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  • Best of the Best American Poetry

    25th Anniversary Edition

    Edited by David Lehman ...
    Robert Pinsky, distinguished poet and man of letters, selects the top 100 poems from twenty-five years of The Best American PoetryThis special edition celebrates twenty-five years of the Best American Poetry series, which has become an institution. From its inception in 1988, it has been hotly debated, keenly monitored, ardently advocated (or denounced), and obsessively scrutinized. Each volume ... Read more

    $14.99 USD