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I've come across Maxine Hong Kingston's novel Tripmaster Monkey and I'm really enjoying it. Set in San Francisco, fun writing style, lots of literary beat references. And it describes the basement in City Lights Bookstore and I am so in love with that! So Thanks to Maxine for her amazing work!
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Thu, January 10, 2008 - 1:53 PMThank you for bringing this to my attention. I love anything that deals with those mad poets. -
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Thu, January 10, 2008 - 2:54 PMI've been reading Jack Kerouac King of the Beats this week as well. Mad Poets are making for the best company these days! -
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Thu, January 10, 2008 - 6:36 PMI think one of the best scenes is in The Dharma Bums, where the gang is all at this poetry reading in San Fran. He compares it to a Charlie Bird Parker bebop solo i think he does. Mad, oh so mad!!! -
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Fri, January 11, 2008 - 11:45 AMI've read bits of and resold Kerouac's On The Road. I've yet to look at Dharma Bums. From what I've read, Gary Snyder would love Earthdance events! -
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Sat, January 19, 2008 - 9:50 AMTripmaster Monkey describe City Lights Bookstore in SF basement which is a really sweet little tribute to that amazing place.
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Thu, January 24, 2008 - 10:32 AMI just finished reading Tripmaster Monkey. I thought her description of his work struggles was interesting, and I really appreciated seeing the perspective of fifth generation Chinese-Americans being viewed as "outsiders", the irony is pretty rich. I'm not sure I really enjoy her style of writing but I'm going to try some of her other novels. -
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Thu, January 24, 2008 - 11:49 PMI'm in a bit of a habit of skimming through novels like Tripmaster Monkey, enjoying paragraphs here and there, getting a sense of the writer's style. Cool to read your comments, lori!
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