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Beat Revivals

New Releases on Bob Dylan Beat Revivals Featuring City Lights New Releases from Creatures At Large Press New Releases from Oxford University Press New Releases from Tor Books New Releases … Continue reading

May 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

Fifteen Books, A Million Choices

This morning, I got one of those Facebook things from one of the Lying Socialist Weasels, asking me to list my favorite fifteen books. There were a couple of rules … Continue reading

April 26, 2013 · Leave a comment

Presenting Amanda Eicher & Book Reviews

This quarter, The Electric Review is pleased to feature the art work of San Francisco’s Amanda Eicher. Artist Statement I am an artist making devotional landscapes. In a world that often seems … Continue reading

April 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

City Lights Publisher Honored

Ginsberg & Leary: White Hand Society, Reviewed The Power of Poem Worth A Look In April 2010, Nancy J. Peters, co-owner and publisher of City Lights Booksellers and Publishers, was presented with the Fred … Continue reading

April 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

The Walking-Away World

Editor’s Pick: Lust For Justice: The Radical Life & Law of J. Tony Serra THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW. Cory Doctorow. PM Press. As part of their “Outspoken Authors” series, … Continue reading

April 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

The Wide Open Eyes of the World

Chronicles: Bob Dylan Digests Himself The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia & An Interview With Michael Gray Suze Rotolo On Dylan Music Writer Kathleen Mackay Blood Idioms: the Art of Johnny Cash … Continue reading

March 1, 2009 · Leave a comment

Medical Science Report Advancements In Medicine

Heart-Kidney Transplants at U.C. San Francisco Renew Hope for Many Most people suffering from long-standing heart failure are also likely to be plagued by reduced kidney function — the two problems tend … Continue reading

March 1, 2009 · Leave a comment

Poetry From Whitman To Ginsberg

THE LETTERS OF ALLEN GINSBERG. Allen Ginsberg and Bill Morgan. Da Capo Press. Most of us know that Allen Ginsberg was a brilliant poet with a searching mind and deft … Continue reading

March 1, 2009 · Leave a comment

Kerouac’s Dharma Bums Turns 50 Years Old

THE DHARMA BUMS. 50th Anniversary Hardback Edition. Jack Kerouac. Viking Books. It’s hard to believe, but Jack Kerouac’s famous novel, The Dharma Bums, turns 50 years old this year. The book, which … Continue reading

March 1, 2009 · Leave a comment
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