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Beneath Our Feet – New Poetry Collection from Mary B. Harrison
It is with deep humility and gratitude that Virgogray Press has now released a new collection of poetry by Missouri poet, Mary B. Harrison. Beneath Our Feet has been a long time coming f… more →
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Beneath Our Feet - New Poetry Collection from Mary B. Harrison
wrote 2 weeks ago: It is with deep humility and gratitude that Virgogray Press has now released a new col … more →
BEAT MEMOIR # 10 – MEETING LAMA THARCHIN AND GINSBERG’S HEART CONDITION By Marc Olmsted
wrote 4 months ago: The Maitri Benefit was for the San Francisco Zen Center’s new hospice (maitri is Sanskrit for compas … more →
Beat Memoir # 9: The Punk & The Lama By Marc Olmsted
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wrote 5 months ago: gaps in suffering sometimes big as Mt. Fuji chatting with the Buddhist nuns over tea No … more →
Closing 2012 - Intentions for 2013
wrote 6 months ago: Good evening. I hope everyone is well at the time of this writing. It has been a crazy year, … more →
BEAT MEMOIR #8: WHALEN SHOCKS ME SOBER, SELBY JR. HELPS ME KEEP IT By Marc Olmsted
wrote 6 months ago: I went to see Allen Ginsberg read in Marin in 1985 with a French girl I was sure I was going to scre … more →
BEAT MEMOIR #7 : GINSEY, BUK, GREGORY, HARVEY MILK & NICK RAY by Marc Olmsted
wrote 7 months ago: In the autumn following the trip to Naropa, Allen breezed through San Francisco once again in a few … more →
Suzi Kaplan Olmsted & Peter Marti at Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts
wrote 8 months ago: Suzi Kaplan Olmsted and Peter Marti will be reading for Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts o … more →
Beat Memior #6 by Marc Olmsted
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wrote 8 months ago: REFUGE VOWS WITH CHOGYAM TRUNGPA WEARING GINSBERG’S FLOWER TIE During my 1978 visit at Naropa Instit … more →
Beat Memior #5 by Marc Olmsted (with Richard Modiano)
wrote 9 months ago: In November 1977, old friend Richard Modiano, out from New York, hitched up from L.A. after visiting … more →
Beat Filter of the Wichita Vortex: The Continuing Impact of Robert Branaman’s Films, Text, Paintings and Assemblages by Marc Olmsted
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wrote 10 months ago: I first heard of Bob Branaman from L.A. performance artist Milo Johnson, who said to the effect that … more →
THE BEAT MEMOIR pt. 4 By Marc Olmsted
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wrote 11 months ago: BURROUGHS IN THE BUNKER AND OUT Allen invited me to see Burroughs, January 1977, when I was visiting … more →
A Beat Memior by Marc Olmsted
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wrote 11 months ago: SHIG’S PLACE Then, most important, lovers over half-century/.… “He taught me to meditate, now … more →
Beat Memior ( part 2) By Marc Olmsted
wrote 1 year ago: AMERICAN MUTANT SPAWNED By Marc Olmsted Costanzo Allione, Italian documentary filmmaker and future h … more →
THE BEAT MEMIOR with MARC OLMSTED
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wrote 1 year ago: GINSBERG ON BROADWAY by MARC OLMSTED In San Francisco, November 1981, Ginsberg was going to read at … more →
Birdbrain by Allen Ginsberg with Marc Olmsted and the Job
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wrote 1 year ago: From the above account–This is pure Ginsberg–November 1981 Click Here to listen … more →
S.A. Griffin on Elektra's Mouth
wrote 1 year ago: Elektra’s Mouth by Suzi Kaplan Olmsted shoots the moon. Visual jazz counterpoint provided by M … more →
ELEKTRA'S MOUTH: Smashing New Collection by Suzi Kaplan Olmsted
wrote 1 year ago: Suzi Kaplan Olmsted returns to Virgogray Press with a stunning new collection, Elektra … more →
Virgogray Titles Currently Available
wrote 1 year ago: After a recent inventory, we thought to share the current list of titles “in-stock … more →
Virgogray Press Pushcart Prize Nominees
wrote 1 year ago: It is again that time of year when independent publishers all around submit their nominees for next … more →
