“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.”—William Faulkner As a former lit geek (OK fine, I used to call myself a poet), I’ve been very appreciative of this year’s celebration of the beats on the big screen, as cliche as it all might seem.…

“My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no matter what you do it’s bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad.” –Jack Kerouac, On the Road The soundtrack to Brazilian director…

Popularly known for his controversial America poem “Howl” (among his other side hobbies), we’re thinking “Sunflower Sutra” is a better fit for today’s celebration of Allen Ginsberg’s 86th birthday. “We’re not our skin of grime, we’re not our dread/ bleak dusty imageless locomotive, we’re all/beautiful…