Writer Biographies

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ACID CHRIST

Mark Christensen

From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of... (more)

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ALFRED JARRY MAN WITH THE AXE

Bill Griffith

Alfred Jarry (1873-1907) lived fast, died young, and refused to accept objective reality. He was a major influence on later artistic movements such as Dada and Surrealism, and... (more)

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ALLEN GINSBERG

Barry Miles

A new preface by the author updates this reissue of a seminal biography of the counter culture icon, by a luminary of the 1960s underground. Allen Ginsberg occupies... (more)

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$16.95

ART SPIEGELMAN: CONVERSATIONS

Joseph Witek

When the graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale won a Special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for its vivid depiction of the Holocaust and its effects, critics and mainstream... (more)

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$20.00

BIG SEX LITTLE DEATH

Susie Bright

Godmother of erotica Susie Bright shares her life story for the first time. Ever wondered why there's no female voice as bold, erotic, unflinching, and revealing as Norman... (more)

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BIG SUR AND THE ORANGES OF HIERONYMOUS BOSCH

Henry Miller

First published in 1957, this book tells the story of Miller's life on the Big Sur, a section of the California coast where he lived for fifteen years.

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A BLUE HAND

Deborah Baker

In 1961, Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky traveled by boat to Bombay to join Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger, beginning a fifteen-month journey that would take them from... (more)

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BUKOWSKI AND THE BEATS

Jean-Francois Duval

There are several reasons for this book.The principle one is pleasure - the pure joy of returning to Charles Bukowski and to the Beats, by dipping into their... (more)

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$15.95

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A BURROUGHS COMPENDIUM: CALLING THE TOADS

William S. Burroughs, et al

The ultimate compendium of previously unpublished interviews, memories, and messages on William Burroughs, by some of the people who knew him best. Most of these pieces relate to... (more)

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CANDY GIRL: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF...

Diablo Cody

The stripper memoir of Diablo Cody, Academy Award- winning author of the "Juno" screenplay. At the age of twenty-four, Diablo decided there had to be more to life... (more)

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THE CAPTAIN IS OUT TO LUNCH AND THE...

Charles Bukowski, Robert Crumb

This collection of Bukowski's autobiographical writing includes drawings by Robert Crumb. "This posthumous collaboration with comix artist R. Crumb is sublime. Crumb perfectly captures Bukowski's world... The same... (more)

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CHARLES BUKOWSKI (BARRY MILES)

Barry Miles

The life story of the literary icon Time magazine called the "laureate of American low-life." In this definitive biography, celebrated Beat historian Barry Miles turns his attention to... (more)

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