Let’s Get Personal with Personal Poetry

Let’s Get Personal —with Personal Poetry Eight example poems follow essay. Many attempt writing poetry first during adolescence, filled with crushes, puppy-love, and longing. Heartfelt yet Hallmarkian tropes, one must […]

Andrew Susac Poetry—Six Uneasy Pieces

Our “The World’s Most Interesting Man (you’ve never heard of)” series presents: the Retrospective of counter counter-culture life and poetry from San Francisco school teacher Andrew Susac. (Not the Giants […]

Beat Generation — Looking Back on Bohemia by the Bay

“The Subterraneans” movie scene, based on Kerouac’s novel. Starring George Peppard and Leslie Caron, and Kerouac credited as screenplay co-writer, 1960. Bohemia by the Bay Looking back on the ‘Beat […]

Tahoe Literary Festival 2025

A Literary Movable Feast across Tahoe City The Festival, back for the second year was bigger and better!     Jesse James Ziegler Reno Poet Laureate does an impromptu mash-up […]

The Last Great Dream

The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created the Sixties Book review teaser from Jeff Kaliss Here’s a brief teaser for a more substantial review of a weighty […]

The Poet’s Path

The Poet’s Path Story excerpt by Todd Walton When I met Rico, he and I related to each other as aspiring beatniks intrigued by the hippy counterculture of the Bay […]

LIFE OF CHUCK —A(nother) Metaphysical Movie Review

A(nother) Metaphysical Movie Review from  Robert Tobin LIFE OF CHUCK (2025) DIRECTOR: Michael Flanagan ACTORS: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Mark Hamill, Mia Sara, Benjamin Pajak AWARDS: People’s Choice […]

Messing with Mensa

Mensa in the Jungle                a humorous short story by J.Macon King “You a Mensa, Jack?” my next-door neighbor, Dean, asked in his deep […]

Golden Gate Bridge “GO 49ers” Banner Adventure

NinerMania Two Fans climb THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE to hang “Go 49ers” banner for Superbowl XIX, 1985 On January 19, 1985, a wintery morning before dawn, a grey compact sedan stopped […]

McNally Book Release Celebration Continued Beyond

McNally, best known for his bestselling biography “A Long Strange Trip,” with his latest book expands his focus to explore how poets, pranksters, musicians and misfits helped shape a generation. […]

BROTHERHOOD OF ETERNAL LOVE

BROTHERHOOD OF ETERNAL LOVE: IN CONVERSATION Michael & Carol Griggs Randall with autographed poster of documentary based on their exploits. Fairfax, CA 2019. Photo: King “These are Tales of the […]

Cheyenne Scott Taylor —  Three Poems

Cheyenne Scott Taylor —  Three Poems Real-Serious-Stupid-Shit I am a naked woman brushing my hair in a blue mirror: I sit sweet and sour between my vanity and the honey […]

Tom Robbins Farewell

Tom Robbins R.I.P. at age 92. Irreverent, stoned satirical over-the-top prose reminiscent of a drunken Fitzgerald, blew our minds and made Robbins a counterculture literary icon. Robbins’ foxy hippie looks […]