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The Day I Thanked Arthur Miller

January 29th, 2025 · 6 Comments · Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me

The Day I Thanked Arthur Miller   One of the nice things about living in Manhattan β€” you often bump into and sometimes get to talk to really smart people on the sidewalk.Β  When they’re famous, mostly you just nod acknowledgment and smile β€” like seeing Robin Williams walking and playing with his son on […]

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Jack Kerouac’s novella “Pic” Reconsidered

September 25th, 2016 · 13 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats

. I Pick Pic . Thirty years ago I remember saying to my Beat brothers at the Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village that I thought Vanity of Duluoz was right up there with Jack’s greatest works. Β And they all looked at me like I was crazy and said, “Yeah, but nobody else thinks that.” πŸ™‚ […]

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