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Gregory Stephenson
Akbar del Piombo - illustrious subterranean luminary, mysterious, pseudonymous author of six darkly comic, wildly satirical collage novels, together with half-a-dozen volumes of steamy prose. Akbar del Piombo - preposterous…
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Essays on six neglected books and their forgotten authors. Novels and autobiographies by Barbara O'Brien, George Mandel, Loran Hurnscot, M.K. Joseph, Anna Kavan, Finn MacMahon. Plot summaries and critical analyses.
The essays and shorter pieces in this collection treat writers of the Beat Generation, together with certain of their allies and ancestors. Authors whose works are considered include Jack Kerouac…
Diverse particulars apropos of N Degrees 9 rue Git-le-Coeur, Left Bank enclave of the Beat Generation. Expatriate life in Paris in the Postwar era. Histories, depictions, reminiscences, contexts, allusions, curiosities…
AND THE RIVERS THEREOF: Following the flow of river imagery through the writings of Jack Kerouac - novels, short stories, journals & essays. Reflections upon the roles and resonances of…
Takes the reader on a journey through the literature of the Beat Generation. This work travels through Jack Kerouac’s Duluoz Legend , following Kerouac’s quests for identity, community, and spiritual…
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Data toward a deep map of the city of Tempe, Arizona.
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Discussions and analyses of contemporary Catholic poets, including John Slater, Elizabeth Jennings, Sally Read, John Quenon and others. Books considered: Surpassing Pleasure, Lean, Amounting to Nothing, The Point of Splitting…
THE RAGGED PROMISED LAND: Jack Kerouac’s America and other scenes.
Travels in a holey holy land, sojourns in a skid row hotel, larceny & poetic license, a secret Victorian stoner…
Notes on Gregory Corso's lost poems & last poems, comments on various of his verse plays, together with an account of a larcenous episode (long-hidden) from the poet's hapless youth…
Representations of baseball in Jack Kerouac’s letters, journals, fiction, poetry & essays. Perspectives on the spiritual dimensions of the sport, drawn from articles and books by scholars in the field.
Gregory Kent Stephenson
A study of the work of spoken word artist Ken Nordine.
With Ballard’s focus so much on visionary perception and mystical transcendence, Gregory Stephenson argues for his placement in the Romantic visionary tradition. A comprehensive examination of Ballard’s work, this study…
Andrew Stephenson
In Four Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we…
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288 pages with 65 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of…
Conversations with Paul Bowles & Mohammed Mrabet, Brion Gysin, Pauline Reage, Robert Graves, Maurice Girodias, Berthe Cleyrergue, Edouard Roditi, Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky.
John Milton Gregory
The Seven Laws of Teaching’ is a clear and simple statement of the important factors governing the art of teaching. It has always been valued as a handbook for Sunday…
