Ted Berrigan

Tuli Kupferberg, 1923-2010: The Fine Art Of Whittling It All Away To Nothing

By all rights Tuli Kupferberg, who died Monday at age 86 after suffering two strokes last year, probably should have died decades ago. A poet, anarchist, pacifist, author, and co-founder of the Beat generation's first rock stars, the Fugs, Naftali "Tuli" Kupferberg was memorialized in Allen Ginsbe ... More >>

Jim Carroll, 1949-2009

It may seem poignant that the death of Jim Carroll at 60 was reported by his ex-wife. But Carroll was about people and things left behind. "It's too late/To fall in love with Sharon Tate," he wrote in one context, "But it's too soon/To ask me for the words I want carved on my tomb." His best know ... More >>

"Kreepie Kats" Guy Speaks

Genius? Idiot? Poetry-world provocateur Jim Behrle likes Ginsberg and acrylic poo

Rimbaud II: First Love

In Richard Hell's new novel, 'godlike philosopher poets' crash parties and go to Veselka

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