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ACID CHRIST

ACID CHRIST

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Mark Christensen

$26.95

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)

ALFRED JARRY MAN WITH THE AXE

ALFRED JARRY MAN WITH THE AXE

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Bill Griffith

$9.95

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)

ALLEN GINSBERG

ALLEN GINSBERG

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Barry Miles

$16.95

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)

ART SPIEGELMAN: CONVERSATIONS

ART SPIEGELMAN: CONVERSATIONS

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Joseph Witek

$20.00

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)

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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Robert Creeley

$5.95

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"I've spent all my life with a nagging sense I had somehow the responsibility of that curious fact, that is, a substantial life, like a dog, but hardly... (more)

BASKETBALL DIARIES

BASKETBALL DIARIES

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Jim Carroll

$14.00

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Until his recent death, Jim Carroll was a highly-renowned poet and rock musician. But in the mid-1960s, during his coming-of-age from twelve to fifteen, he was a rebellious... (more)

BEAT HOTEL: GINSBERG, BURROUGHS, AND CORSO IN PARIS,...

BEAT HOTEL: GINSBERG, BURROUGHS, AND CORSO IN PARIS,...

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Barry Miles

$14.00

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The "Beat Hotel" was a cheap rooming house on the bohemian Left Bank where the old Beats stayed while in Paris; this book of the same name takes... (more)

BIG SEX LITTLE DEATH

BIG SEX LITTLE DEATH

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Susie Bright

$24.95

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)

BIG SUR AND THE ORANGES OF HIERONYMOUS BOSCH

BIG SUR AND THE ORANGES OF HIERONYMOUS BOSCH

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Henry Miller

$16.95

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.

BUKOWSKI AND THE BEATS

BUKOWSKI AND THE BEATS

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Jean-Francois Duval

$15.95

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)

A BURROUGHS COMPENDIUM: CALLING THE TOADS

A BURROUGHS COMPENDIUM: CALLING THE TOADS

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William S. Burroughs, et al

$17.95

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)

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

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

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Diablo Cody

$15.00

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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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