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“He was the first person who was famous for things you were supposed to hide — he...”
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“A SUPERMARKET IN CALIFORNIA
What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman,...”
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“Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.”
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“Hal [Chase] was equally impressed with Jack’s manner of reading. During the...”
– Gerald Nicosia in Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac (1983)
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7 Poems That Shook the World | Culture | AlterNet →
7. “Somebody Blew Up America” by Amiri Baraka
Named New Jersey poet laureate in August 2002, Baraka believes poetry should rattle readers rather than serving as decoration. Weeks after his inauguration, he recited his poem about 9/11, lines of which allege that the Israelis and President Bush had advance knowledge of the terrorist attacks. The piece rattled quite a few readers, including...
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Allen Ginsberg reading A Message...
