When I Was Cool - Sam Kashnerhttp://www.henryreview.org/qa-burgler-saint-thief-and-beat-sam-kashner/Fon, I am done digging and this post is the result.
Since you seem to be into "book learning" and are therefore on a watch list like me, here is a book that you may enjoy (if you have not already done so):
When I Was Cool. It is close to my heart because it got me out of jury duty one time. When the Judge asked me about the book I'd brought with me, I read the title and summarized the narrative for her. I was dismissed by the prosecuting attorney quite promptly. Anyhoos, Mr. Kashner had the pleasure of being the "water boy" for Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and William S. Burrows at
Naropa University aka the
Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at a tender young age. There is a longer interview here:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1766985. To me, the book is a lot of fun, and the stories are great and depict all of the previously formerly freewheeling, apple murdering, and rule breaking Beats as completely beat, monstrously grumpy, and fully constipated - and they treat young Sam accordingly. If I remember correctly, Kashner talks about Kurt Cobain applying to Naropa only to be denied a spot.
If you are interested, here is an audio archive of poetry that includes many, many authors and many LSD-informed topics:
https://archive.org/details/naropaFun Fact: The "
Henry" who is mentioned at the start of the first video is by
John Berryman, a Minneapolis Poet who threw himself off a bridge. According to my old, dear-but-dead professor, Johnny B. was seen walking to the center of the Washington Avenue Bridge, catching the eye of a passerby and waiving gently, just before he took one small small step for Henry but a big leap for Mr. Berryman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Qk6KHdCJY.
I guess that
John Henry really did find life boring or maybe he just grew tired of
bad student evaluations.
Too bad that he didn't just just give up trying to solve the problem of his father's death, and instead just try to imagine how his father might behave if he had just one more day on earth: clean and happy. Well, that and giving up trying to figure out his addition to thoughts and things.
It is unsolvable so one just gives up and lives.
