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Great Quote, # 1
Jack Kerouac (Mar. 12, 1922 – Oct. 21, 1969), ever the outsider, author, spiritual seeker, explorer of the psyche, a true-blue American original. Definitely the first to write a novel of histori… more →
Growing into the Mystery
30/30 - day 12
anniebacon wrote 3 weeks ago: song = “japhy“ named after the infamous Japhy Ryder – of Dharma Bums fame (my favo … more →
Sudden Beat Inspirations
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Lee wrote 1 month ago: The following is an excerpt from a chapbook I made and distributed in ‘05. Printed in very lim … more →
When the Time Comes
darcyarts wrote 1 month ago: 11.1.09 Moon in Aries The morning after a Halloween party excursion finds me just right back to feel … more →
Boredom drove me to read again...
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malachijung wrote 2 months ago: “Colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually fi … more →
Listening to Kerouac
paragraphonline wrote 2 months ago: Reading Kerouac is a total rhythmic experience that occurs all in the head. It almost is like a ‘s … more →
Gary Snyder
bmick wrote 4 months ago: Its not like I wanted to come over, have tea, read poetry, take mushrooms, smoke dope, and discuss p … more →
Books read so far… (11)
csm2mk wrote 4 months ago: Jack Kerouac’s “Dharma Bums” was to come… and it did come… and I will … more →
Just Being is Enough
dmb677 wrote 7 months ago: When I was younger I was so hungry – desperately hungry. I wanted so badly – so terribly … more →
Dharma Bum
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That_Guy in_OB wrote 7 months ago: Currently I am reading The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac after just having finished his Wake Up: A lif … more →
The Flower Sermon, According to Japhy
Alex wrote 7 months ago: “The Buddha was about to start expounding a sutra and twelve hundred and fifty bhikkus were waiting … more →
Great Quote, # 1
Paul Hampton Crockett wrote 11 months ago: Jack Kerouac (Mar. 12, 1922 – Oct. 21, 1969), ever the outsider, author, spiritual seeker, exp … more →
Great Quote, # 1
Paul Hampton Crockett wrote 11 months ago: Jack Kerouac (Mar. 12, 1922 – Oct. 21, 1969), ever the outsider, author, spiritual seeker, exp … more →
Great Quote, # 1
Paul Hampton Crockett wrote 11 months ago: Jack Kerouac (Mar. 12, 1922 – Oct. 21, 1969), ever the outsider, author, spiritual seeker, exp … more →
Great Quote, # 1
Paul Hampton Crockett wrote 11 months ago: Jack Kerouac (Mar. 12, 1922 – Oct. 21, 1969), ever the outsider, author, spiritual seeker, exp … more →
Fire Lookout Towers
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jeffhammett wrote 11 months ago: A few months ago I was reading through The Paris Review when I came across a story called Diary of a … more →
Go: The Coherent Novel on the Beats
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charlieblizz wrote 12 months ago: I think reading the Beats is a bit of a right of passage for most young readers/writers. In America, … more →
Journeys
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fuspey wrote 1 year ago: Barcelona, London, the boat to Rosslare Limerick, Ennis, West Clare The people, the laughs, the pint … more →
. 3. Along a wild stretch of the Calawah: wandering after Han-Shan
bj omanson wrote 1 year ago: Looking for work, I hit the road On a cold wet dawn in October of 1972, in my twenty-second year, my … more →
preserving sanity
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michiko wrote 1 year ago: “just when did you start collecting pugad baboy?!” batccai (read: bat-chay) asked me, ha … more →
