Alan Kaufman

From the Beat poetry of the '50s to the spoken word of today, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry brings readers the words, visions, and extravagant lives of bohemians, beatniks, hippies, punks, and slackers. Like Donald Allen's epochal New American Poetry, The Outlaw Bible will serve as a primer for generational revolt and poetic expression, and is an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformity in literature. This exuberant manifesto includes lives of the poets, on-the-scene testimony, seminal underground articles never before collected, photographs of clubs and cafes, interviews, and, above all, the poems.

The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry

Jew Boy

"Jew Boy"--"Contents"--"Tales of Childhood" -- "The Audition" -- "The Purple Jew" -- "Asthma" -- "The Death of JFK" -- "Dry Goods" -- "Scum" -- "Bar Mitzvah" -- "Scars" -- "We'll Give You Blood" -- "Eyes" -- "The River" -- "The Unholy Alliance" -- "The N-Word" -- "The Comb" -- "Virgins" -- "Football Head" -- "Mr. Greenhouse" -- "Boarding the Freight" -- "The Loan" -- "Denver" -- "The Freight Train" -- "Among Poets and Thieves" -- "The Fishponds" -- "Call Up" -- "The Magician" -- "Raid" -- "The Time I Drew Angels" -- "The Things Carl Little Crow and I Did Together to Stay Sober in San Francisco" -- "On the Autobahn" -- "Epilogue: Dachau

A Memoir

Barney Rosset

Neil Ortenberg

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.

Alan Kaufman

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