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I think through that peculiar time that encompassed his life, Ginsberg became a bard of the holy spirit for our times.Not bad. Not bad.

A Google search for ‘Danny Lyon’ produces more than eight million results in 0.30 seconds, yet the celebrated American photojournalist and filmmaker is little known in the UK. This superb, quixotic, bare-all memoir ought to change that. Starting in 1962, Lyon not only photographed the heroes of the US civil rights movement as staff photographer

If you’re new to the genre, this year’s 32nd edition of the Outsider Art Fair offers a crash course for only $35. (Last year’s tickets

Personal photos, clippings, ephemera and anecdotes from notable friends fill the expansive "Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg," compiled by Pat Thomas.

Personal photos, clippings, ephemera and anecdotes from notable friends fill the expansive "Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg," compiled by Pat Thomas.

Daevid Allen, an Australian poet and musician, has died at the age of 77. Daevid Allen born Christopher David Allen, who was the founder of Soft Machine, pa

An excerpt from ‘The Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West,’ by Mick Brown.

It is historically known as the peccatum mutum, the unspeakable sin; and in fact, Pope Francis avoids the word and instead uses the euphemism "syn...

History : When American intellectuals chose Tangier as an exile. During the mid 50s, Tangier has hosted a number of artists, poets and intellectuals. Influenced by Paul Bowles, an American writer, members of the Beat Generation, came to the Northern city to get inspired, finish their projects and

Remembering music, muggers, and life in Alphabet City, 1978.