Marcy and I arrived in San Ignacio, in the Cayo district of Belize near the Guatemalan border, by overland bus, and proceeded straight to the closest Internet cafe because our weekly About.com newsletter was overdue. That last plugged-in task taken care of, we chatted with a couple of Castaneda-quoting hippies looking to reenact Burroughs’ and [...]
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America The Cherry Blossoms Are Falling
Yesterday, I escaped the puerile, disgusting, and (worst of all) staggeringly unfunny Poultrygeist to enjoy a banana in Central Park.
Today, unrelenting construction noise on our block makes me wish I could seek refuge at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, where the cherries are in full bloom. They’ve delighted us in the past — but alas, the [...]
Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider
Incredibly engaging documentary about the writer’s writer, composer, traveler, expatriate, existentialist, kif connoisseur, husband to Jane Bowles, translator of Jean-Paul Satre, and friend of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, W.H. Auden, and Gertrude Stein. First Run Features is releasing the DVD on July 24.
Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider. Catherine Warnow and Regina Weinrich, 1994. ****
Paul Bowles [...]
