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Beat Travellers

• September 14th, 2013
• Larry Closs
• Allen Ginsberg, Beat Generation, David Amram, Jonathan Collins, On the Road, Stephanie Nikolopoulos
• 1 Comment

The downside of missing your stop on a New Jersey Transit train? A surly conductor who responds to the innocent question, “How many stops to Paterson?” by yelling, “This train is going to Trenton!” As if the person who asked the question should know that Paterson is not on the way to Trenton. But neither [...]

Transcending Beat with David Amram

• September 4th, 2012
• Larry Closs
• Beatitude, Blog, David Amram, Jonathan Collins, Pull My Daisy, Stephanie Nikolopoulos
• 8 Comments

Last night, at the Cornelia Street Café in the West Village, I finally got to meet David Amram, the composer, conductor, author and Beat legend who was not only one of the first to read Beatitude but provided a testimonial for the cover as well. “A daring, honest writer with a gritty urban flair,” wrote [...]