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Hisland and Herland: The Macho Mars of John Carter and Gilman's Feminist Utopia

Andromeda Romano-Lax | Posted 05.09.2012 | Books
Read More: Gilman, Burroughs, Science Fiction, John Carter, A Princess of Mars, Herland, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Books News
Andromeda Romano-Lax

Burroughs was daring and desperate enough to imagine an alien planet. But Gilman, a Victorian-era survivor, imagined something even more bold: a time and place where gender alone would not doom a person to a life of prescribed confinement, drudgery, or madness.

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Allen Ginsberg at the Oscars, at MoMA, at Large

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Kerouac, David Amram, Peter Orlovsky, Edie Sedgwick, Burroughs, Dennis Hopper, William Faulkne, Allen Ginsberg, Harte Crane, James Franco, Robert Frank, Micheline, Corso, Huncke, Whalen, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Recently, the yearly reading of "Howl" at Columbia University attracted crowds to the Philosophy Hall. An irony was not missed: in his days, Allen represented rebellious youth. Now, he is the poet of our time.

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William Burroughs' Unseen Graphic Novel To Be Published

The Guardian | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Book News, William Burroughs, William Burroughs Comics, Comics, Graphic Novel, New Graphic Novel, Malcolm Mcneill, Fantagraphics Books, Ah Pook Is Here, Burroughs, Naked Lunch, Books News

'The Naked Lunch' author began work on 'Ah Pook Is Here' with artist Malcolm McNeill in 1970, when the story appeared as a monthly comic strip in the ...

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