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November 4, 2013
The Quotable Greek: One Word Frees Us of … Pain
Cast of the bust of Sophocles from the Farnese Collection via Wikipedia “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.” - Sophocles Filed under: Greekish Tagged: love, Sophocles, The Quotable Greek
November 2, 2013
I’m Giving a Free Reading Tonight at KGB Bar
I’m reading at KGB Bar tonight! I’m super excited. I’ve been to a few readings here before, and it’s got a killer atmosphere. Not only that, but check out the impressive lineup: With Professors: Wang Ping Miguel Algarin Nancy Mercado Carlos Manuel Rivera Julie Patton Everton Sylvester At 6:30pm Professor Cornelius Eady reads and perform with his […]
November 1, 2013
Big Sur Comes Out Today
Kalo mina! The film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur comes out today. Will you be watching it? It stars Jean-Marc Barr as a Jack Kerouac who’s overcome by the notoriety that descends on him after the publication of On the Road. Barr told Salon: “I’ve been living Kerouac all my life. So there was nothing to […]
October 31, 2013
Warby Parker Glasses for Halloween
via Warby Parker Happy Halloween! Though I tortured my sleepover guests with classic horror films when i was a preteen, I’ve never been real big into the scary stuff of Halloween. I do, however, think it’s a super fun opportunity to play dress and reinvent one’s identity for a day. Then again, I’m a bit […]
October 30, 2013
Extraordinary Women of the Fifties: The Beat Women
“Moreover, I was puzzled to read in her introduction how ‘our idea’ of the Fifties is one of a decade reviled for being full of dull and docile women. This does a disservice to so much writing on the “other” Fifties, from Elizabeth Wilson on lesbianism and Angela McRobbie on girls’ subcultures to Deborah Philips […]
October 29, 2013
Is Hollywood Glamorizing the Beats or Just Retelling Their Stories?
“The flat Hollywood characterization allows viewers to live vicariously through Ginsberg, Kerouac and the gang, but it almost mythicizes them. Hollywood digs right into the drama — catering to what people want to see — and ignores the very human parts of them. But it may be a hard balance to keep. Even when depicting […]
October 28, 2013
The Day We Said “No” during World War II
If there had not been the virtue and courage of the Greeks, we do not know which the outcome of World War II would have been – Winston Churchill Today is Oxi Day. The day Greeks said “No” during World War II. You can read my post on the history of this day here. Filed under: […]
October 27, 2013
Happy 155th Birthday, Theodore Roosevelt!
Ten years ago — wow, time flies! — I had the pleasure of penning an introduction to Rough Rider Theodore Roosevelt’s adventure memoir Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches. As part of my research, I toured his birthplace, a gorgeous brownstone right here in New York City. I loved hearing the inspirational story of how […]
October 14, 2013
We’re in Empty Mirror!
Empty Mirror published an excerpt from Burning Furiously Beautiful! The excerpt is from the sections “The Sea Is My Brother” and “Schizoid” from the beginning of the biography. It begins with Jack Kerouac’s Lowell friend, a Greek American named Sebastian Sampas, going off to Camp Lee and then tells of Kerouac’s time in boot camp. […]
October 11, 2013
Friday Links: Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac (LCK) is already in full force. If you’re among the many 9-to-5ers, though–hey, we can’t all be full-time writers!–you likely won’t be getting to the festival until the weekend. Here’s a round-up of related links for those attending and for armchair travelers. The official Lowell Celebrates Kerouac website The festival line up […]
