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Jeff Bridges Interviews Garrett Hedlund, Who Plays Dean Moriarty in “On the Road”

I’ve been connected with so many people these days who are interested in the different writers associated with the Beat Generation. Katie, who is researching Joan Burroughs, turned me on to Interview Magazine‘s feature on Garrett Hedlund, who plays the Dean Moriarty character in the film adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. What initially [...]

Welcome to Beat Week!

The people behind the On the Road film are uniting a community of angel-headed hipsters. They’ve organized lots of fun activities leading up to the release of the film in the States. Welcome to Beat Week! Those of us who are passionate about Jack Kerouac’s literature may cringe at the use of the word “beatnik” [...]

James Franco Reveals How He Was Introduced to the Beats

I was just thinking the other day that it had been a long time since I’d heard about James Franco. I’m serious! It seemed like a year or two ago James Franco was omnipresent. There’s James Franco sleeping in class at Columbia! There’s James Franco explaining it wasn’t technically class! There’s James Franco playing with [...]

Jazz for Peace

When my dear friend Sue, whom I’ve known since first grade, invited me to a jazz show fundraiser I immediately said yes. As I’ve been studying Jack Kerouac, I’ve been reading a lot about how he frequented the jazz clubs of Harlem and wrote jazz reviews. I’m kind of a method writer, and I like [...]

Gift Guide for the Swedish Lover

With Santa living in the Lapland (the Finnish side), give a gift from Scandinavia is a wonderful way to make Christmas festive!  Here are a couple ideas from Sweden or inspired by Sweden.  If anyone knows any authentic Sami vendors, please add them in the comments section.  For the person who loves Swedish crime literature::: [...]

Gift Guide for the Greek Lover

Whether you’re giving a Greek American a taste of their homeland when they can’t make it back for the holidays or satiating a Hellenophile’s interest in Greek culture, there are countless foods, books, beauty products, and jewelry that will suit your needs.  Plus, select a gift made in Greece and you’ll also be supporting the [...]

Gift Guide for Writers

Please don’t buy me a book for Christmas.  Instead buy my book, Burning Furiously Beautiful, in large quantities and give it out as gifts. Burnside published my Gift Guide for Writers.  Enjoy! Filed under: Beat Generation, Life, Writing Tagged: Burning Furiously Beautiful, Christmas, gift guide, holiday, Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Holiday Gift Guide for Art Lovers

  Well, I suppose it’s that time again.  Time to start thinking about what to give everyone for Christmas.  That’s what every commercial and store window is not at all subtly hinting at anyway. Burnside published my gift guide for art lovers.  The guide shows how you can support independent artists through your purchases. Here [...]

Road Trippin’: Fashion by Chance

I always discover the most lovely photos on Katie Armour’s blog The Neo-Traditionalist.  One of her posts a while back was about the clothing line  Chance’s new California collection.  The inspired photographs of California’s breathtaking landscape and close-up shots of cars made me think it would be a great collection to rummage through for a [...]

Where Is Knowledge Inherent?

“Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library and its books were the stones, leaves, grass, brooks and the birds and animals that shared, alike with us, the storms and blessings of the earth….” ~ Luther Standing Bear, Lakota tribe I read this quote in The Sacred Wisdom of the American Indians [...]