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Caleb Carr, military historian and author of bestselling novel 'The Alienist,' dies at 68

Caleb Carr, the scarred and gifted son of founding Beat Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat Masha, has died

The Independent UK

Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life review – down the rabbit hole with a musical maverick

He played cello for Allen Ginsberg, nearly joined Talking Heads and was sampled by Kanye West. Now the singular, genre-spanning Russell has the exhaustive study he deserves

The Guardian - UK

‘Life is about creating yourself’: on Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine

The Dylan Center in Tulsa offers a read as endlessly fascinating, as vital to the American story, as its subject himself

The Guardian - US

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Gavin Selerie obituary

Other lives: Lecturer and writer whose poetry mixed verse with original academic analysis

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All the poets turned down for the laureate in 1968

Prominent poets of the era — including John Betjeman, WH Auden, and Philip Larkin — were disparaged, accused of being drunkards, snobs, communists, mentally unstable, or even creators of explicit content

Evening Standard

‘It made me wish I had made more records’: Natalie Merchant on returning to music after losing her voice

Emergency surgery on her spine led to months of enforced silence for the former 10,000 Maniacs singer-songwriter. But rather than take it easy, she’s been raising her teenage daughter, campaigning against fracking and has a new album out

The Guardian - UK

A Modern History of 'Groomer' Politics

The social changes that paved the way for gay and trans acceptance have made pedophile acceptance less likely, not more.

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Vaughan Williams - A Celebration at the Royal Festival Hall review: showed the sheer power of the Bach Choir

One of Britain’s most cosmopolitan composers was celebrated with a forceful performance of the immense A Sea Symphony

Evening Standard

Harold Chapman obituary

Photographer who documented regulars at the ‘Beat hotel’ in Paris including Allen Ginsberg and William S Burroughs

The Guardian - UK

Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems Triggered Confiscations, Arrests

San Francisco port officials seized copies of Howl and Other Poems in 1957, accusing publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti of obscenity.

Reason

A Brief Overview: How Cannabis And LGBTQ Rights Reform Have Intertwined Through The Decades

The cannabis and LGBTQ rights movements have been connected from the beginning, as they mutually supported reform throughout the decades. "Arguably, neither would exist as they do today if not for the other," said Tyme Ferris, founder and CEO of cannabis brand Pantheon Collective.

Benzinga

‘I experience joy very easily’: Patti Smith on Springsteen, the climate fight and the meaning of punk

The singer, poet and writer answers your questions about playing music with her children, being at her friend Allen Ginsberg’s deathbed and maintaining hope in a troubled world

The Guardian - UK

The Best Cities For A Psychedelic Trip, Vol. 1

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. These destinations give “a quick weekend trip” a whole new meaning. Drug tourism is becoming so popular that some resorts are now handing visitors joints instead of Pina Coladas. While we don’t recommend touching down in Cambodia or…

Benzinga

Jack Kerouac at 100: How a heady cocktail of trauma, faith and rotgut wine made a literary legend

A century after the ‘On The Road’ author’s birth, Kerouac’s close friend and collaborator David Amram talks to Kevin E G Perry about their ‘stoned-out’ parties, his misunderstood Catholic faith and his work’s enduring relevance

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