by Bryan Waterman | May 21, 2012 | Neighborhood Scenes, Teaching, Writing New York |
For the past couple summers I’ve taught two versions of the same course, though with separate titles and a few tweaks that suggest multiple possibilities for ordering the material we examine. The undergrad version of the course is called Downtown Scenes,...
by Bryan Waterman | Jun 3, 2011 | Events, Music, Neighborhood Scenes
The annual HOWL! FESTIVAL kicks off today in the East Village. Opening day, this year, coincides with the 85th anniversary of Ginsberg’s birth. Per tradition, the poet Bob Holman will lead a group reading of Howl with a cast of friends and fellow poets. From the...
by Bryan Waterman | May 26, 2011 | Art, Film |
Happening from Django's Ghost on Vimeo. From Ubuweb: “An irreverent portrait of America of the 60s seen through the experiences of artists of the Beat Generation and Pop Art. The America of the Vietnam war, ploughed by contradictions and explosive social...
by Bryan Waterman | Apr 7, 2011 | Books, Film, Neighborhood Scenes, People, Writing New York
A guide to posts we’ve written in past years about Ginsberg’s Howl and the history of hipsters in New York: In last year’s roundup post, I offered additional thoughts on some contexts I’d brought up in lecture but hadn’t explored fully:...
by Bryan Waterman | Oct 5, 2010 | Art, Books
An extracurricular undergraduate book club I’ve run since 2004 met this week to set our fall schedule. Our first selection will be Eric Drooker’s illustrated edition of Ginsberg’s Howl, released just a month or so ago. Drooker’s drawings are...
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