The Outlaw Bible of American Literature - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560255501 ISBN 13: 9781560255505

Publisher: Basic Books, 2004

Synopsis

The Outlaw Bible of American Literature will serve as a primer for generational revolt and an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformity in literature. This exuberant manifesto includes lives of the writers, on-the-scene testimony, seminal underground articles never before collected, photographs, cartoons, drawings, interviews, and, above all, the writings. Beat, Punk, Noir, Prison, Porn, Cyber, Queer, Anarchist, Blue Collar, Pulp, Sci-Fi, Utopian, Mobster, Political—all are represented. The Bible includes fiction, essays, letters, memoirs, journalism, lyrics, diaries, manifestoes, and selections from seminal film scripts, including Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Taxi Driver. The editors have brought together an extravagant, eclectic, searing, and unforgettable body of work, showcasing Hustlers, Mavericks, Contrarians, Rockers, Barbarians, Gangsters, Hedonists, Provocateurs, Hipsters, and Revolutionaries—all in one raucous cauldron of rebellion and otherness. This prose companion to the best-selling award-winning Outlaw Bible of American Poetry features selections from Hunter S. Thompson, Exene Cervenka, Patti Smith, Dennis Cooper, Malcolm X, Sonny Barger, Maggie Estep, Lenny Bruce, Henry Miller, R. Crumb, Philip K. Dick, Iceberg Slim, Gil Scott-Heron, Kathy Acker, Jim Carroll, Charles Mingus, Norman Mailer, and many others.

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From Booklist:

The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) broke the ground on which this second resounding gathering of counterculture voices is now planted. Just as the term outlaw bible sets off a pleasurably oxymoronic frisson, so, too, does this collection's heady and revealing mix of literary excellence, political conviction, grittiness, and sexy highjinks. The editors--Kaufman, author of Jew Boy (2000); "gonzo publisher" Neil Ortenberg; and Barney Rosset, the famed founder of Grove Press and publisher of Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, and Kathy Acker, all represented here--interpret the term literature broadly, and so include Miles Davis recalling prickly moments with Charlie Parker and Milton Berle, Annie Sprinkle recounting her "brushes with the law," a graphic tale by Harvey Pekar, a reminiscence by alpha Hell's Angel Sonny Barger, and a rave by Timothy Leary. But here, too, are Grace Paley, Paul Bowles, Ray Bradbury, Jessica Hagedorn, Sapphire, Clive Barker, and Don De Grazia. Short takes, enticing categories, outspoken voices, and surprising juxtapositions make for a lively and illuminating sampling, a real reading party. Donna Seaman
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About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1560255501
• ISBN 13: 9781560255505
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 920
• Editor: Kaufman Alan, Rosset Barney, Ortenberg Neil