I just read this poem by Philip Whalen - center above between Ginsberg and Burroughs and wanted to share it. Whalen was Warren Coughlin in T...

Crystal and I just booked a flight for San Francisco later this summer. On the itinerary: Vesuvio Cafe (where Jack hung out drinking and mis...

Jack love to invent words, so here is a new one (I think): sandouflage. I saw a soldier earlier this week wearing the typical (of late) camo...

The following is a rant that has little to do with the general nature of this blog, but I can connect it to Jack's interest in compassio...

Maybe you're not familiar with Thomas Pynchon. He was a contemporary of the Beats, and my friend Charlie recommended his book, Slow Lear...

The winner of April's free copy of The Beat Handbook is aimon for his April 3 comment about Jack taking some liberties reading from On ...

This is my 220th post since The Beat Handbook was published in September 2008. I've only missed one day of posting, and that was Octobe...