THE DAILY BEAT: Happy Birthday to Anne Waldman

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Happy Birthday to Anne Waldman

(L-R) Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Robert Creeley (source)

It's internationally acclaimed poet Anne Waldman's 70th birthday today. For those of you who don't know, Anne Waldman "co-founded with Allen Ginsberg the celebrated Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, the first Buddhist inspired University in the western hemisphere, in 1974" (click here for source).

We heard Anne read her poem, "Holy 21st Century," at Lowell Celebrates Kerouac in 2012. She was accompanied by Ambrose Bye, and it was inspiring.

Fortunately, you can listen to her read this poem by clicking here.

And here is a 2008 interview you may find educative.

Happy Birthday, Anne!

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Reviews of The Beat Handbook

Gerald Nicosia, author of the acclaimed Kerouac biography Memory Babe, said The Beat Handbook is "full of Jack's heart."

Jared Randall, author of the excellent book of poetry, Apocryphal Road Code, said this about The Beat Handbook: "Sometimes a book comes along at just the right time. In my wandering pack of experiences, I find they often do. Enter The Beat Handbook by Rick Dale."

Kenneth Morris, Kerouacian extraordinaire, said this:
"I just finished reading Rick Dale's beautiful utterance and call to action of Kerouac mind-set and zen sensibilities. It made me laugh and reflect on my own life and road I have naturally grooved into after absorbing the Kerouac canon. The road less traveled always had my name on it. And that has made all the difference. The Beat Handbook 100 Days of Kerouactions reaffirms the attitudes and ideology that made the Beats and Kerouac the important men of ideas that America (and the world) thirsted for, needed, and swallowed whole. Beautiful, absorbing, Top Ten whipsmart from my articulate, tender-hearted friend and fellow traveler. Highly recommended."