![TICKET TO NEW JERSEY: A Portrait of Nelson Algren [Cold Turkey Press, 2014]](http://www.artsjournal.com/herman/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/TICKETcovera-front-COLD-TURKEY335-200x200.jpg)
This is a byte of self promotion. A byte? Haw. From the jacket blurb: Who could resist a study of a writer that begins, “if his writing had taken a flying fuck into a deep canyon, it was always balls-to-the-wall”? Jan Herman has borrowed the ghost of Algren’s golden arm with which to write this riveting, gonzo mini-biography of the man Hemingway called “the best novelist in America after William Faulkner.” Algren was being translated by Jean-Paul Sartre while he was sleeping with Sartre's wife and he preferred to spend time in boxing gyms … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Touring ‘Poetry Army’ Charts History of Radical Verse
A posting by the Stop the War Coalition: From The Peasants’ Revolt to recent events at Tahrir Square, this incendiary performance celebrates radical verse in all its glory down through the centuries. The longstanding collaboration between poet Heathcote Williams and performer Roy Hutchins, encompassing such hits as Whale Nation and Autogeddon, continues as Hutchins combines forces with local actors, poets, and musicians to give voice to a host of radical writers, such as Shakespeare, Shelley, Ginsberg, Blake and Pussy Riot. Here's a … [Read more...]
50 Years Apart: ‘American Porn’ & ‘Call Me Burroughs’
The similarity was unintended, which makes it even better. The 1965 vinyl "Call Me Burroughs" is a classic.The 2014 vinyl "American Porn" will be.The 1965 vinyl "Call Me Burroughs" is a classic.The 2014 vinyl "American Porn" will be a classic.Here it is with a different sleeve. … [Read more...]