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Richard Brautigan

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Name: Richard Brautigan

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

A poet's imagination and a snooping government

_ The poetry of Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) was primarily associated with a surreal, absurdist style, often laced with a satirical tone and rarely reality-based. However the latest disclosure that the Obama administration routinely collects data regarding ... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Richard Brautigan, John Travers, Obama Administration

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Josh Hartnett

writing in The Bold Italic,

When I was a kid, I was sure I’d grow up to be a writer. I imagined living in Los Angeles with my best friend, working toward our ultimate joint-life goal of becoming the next Tina Fey-Mike West hybrid genius television-writing partners. Once we graduated, ... [Published San Francisco Bay Guardian - May 21 2013]

Entities: Richard Brautigan, San Francisco (United States), Josh Hartnett, Broke-Ass Stuart

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

The Poetry Curriculum

Tony Hoagland urges us to update it: The fierce life force of contemporary American poetry never made it through the metal detector of the public-school system. In the Seventies, our hopes seemed justified; those Simon and Garfunkel lyrics were being ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Tony Hoagland, Richard Brautigan, Thomas Wyatt

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Stick This in Your Björk-Hole

Reading Three Brilliant New Books from Icelandic Novelist Sjónby Paul Constant It is an unfortunate fact of human nature that when we know very little about something foreign to us, we tend to reduce that foreign thing to a single joke. Take Iceland, ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Iceland, Richard Brautigan, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Paul Constant, Kurt Vonnegut

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

I Need Some Help

Oh, hey- I’m still alive. I need a big favor. I have a couple friends who now have daughters ages 9-12, and I am trying to help their parents (my friends) find age appropriate books for them all. When I was a kid, my mother, an English Prof, on top ... [Published Balloon Juice - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Stephen R. Donaldson, Madeleine L Engle, Richard Brautigan, Judy Blume, Buddy Holly

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

Karl Marx

A Thing I Do Not Understand about Libertarians

An attempt to restore balance to the Force. Annotated for readers’ benefit.Imagine that it were arbitrarily easy to grant extensive positive rights to everyone in society.[1]That is, we’ve reached the post-scarcity future: Food, clothing, medical care, ... [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Libertarians, Abraham Maslow, Karl Marx, Richard Brautigan

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Feb 28 2013 - 1 reports

Biography of writer Richard Brautigan still elicits visceral response

The minister dives into 800 page biography of the hippie writer Richard Brautigan. ... [Published Real-Time News: Latest Northeast Ohio News - cl ... - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Richard Brautigan, Elicitation

First reported Feb 02 2013 - Updated Feb 02 2013 - 1 reports

A Library For The Unpublished

In his 1971 novel, The Abortion, Richard Brautigan imagined a home for the "unwanted . . . and haunted volumes of American writing." In 2010, Brautigan fan John Barber brought to life the Brautigan Library. Wes Enzinna visits the stacks: Patrons ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - Feb 02 2013]

Entities: Richard Brautigan, John Barber, Thomas McGuane

First reported Jan 30 2013 - Updated Jan 30 2013 - 1 reports

A Million Photos of A Light Art Festival for You

Jen GravesIn Nick Bartoletti's Television Telephone. I somewhat share the lovely and talented Rachel Shimp's assessment of this past weekend's Onn/Of Festival —that this year's version was a little hardcore around the edges . Lindsey Apodaca ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Jan 30 2013]

Entities: Watermelon, Sugar, Richard Brautigan, Apodaca, Space Weather

First reported Jan 28 2013 - Updated Jan 28 2013 - 1 reports

Caroline Kennedy in Seattle sings praise of libraries

Caroline Kennedy, daughter of Jackie and JFK, told a meeting of librarians in Seattle on Sunday that libraries are more important than ever when economic times are hard.Seattle Times staff reporterPREV of NEXTThe Seattle TimesCaroline Kennedy talks ... [Published Seattle Times - Jan 28 2013]

Entities: Caroline Kennedy, Seattle, Richard Brautigan, Seattle Times Co

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Case Studies: This Is Another Life (Review) [Published Pop Matters - Jun 13 2013]
A poet's imagination and a snooping government [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Jun 11 2013]
Now Hear This!: Case Studies - 'This Is Another... [Published Pop Matters - Jun 04 2013]
writing in The Bold Italic, [Published San Francisco Bay Guardian - May 21 2013]
The Poetry Curriculum [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Apr 27 2013]
Stick This in Your Björk-Hole [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 24 2013]
I Need Some Help [Published Balloon Juice - Apr 23 2013]
Why One Reel canceled July 4th fireworks [Published Seattle Times - Apr 03 2013]
A Thing I Do Not Understand about Libertarians [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - Mar 21 2013]
Councilmember Richard McIver [Published Seattle Times - Mar 11 2013]
Biography of writer Richard Brautigan still eli... [Published Real-Time News: Latest Northeast Ohio News - cl ... - Feb 28 2013]
A Library For The Unpublished [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Feb 02 2013]
A Million Photos of A Light Art Festival for You [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Jan 30 2013]
Caroline Kennedy in Seattle sings praise of lib... [Published Seattle Times - Jan 28 2013]
26 homicides in Seattle in 2012 [Published Seattle Times - Dec 28 2012]
Times Executive Editor David Boardman: A vow to... [Published Seattle Times - Oct 21 2012]
Life at the End of the World: PW Talks with And... [Published PublishersWeekly.com - Oct 14 2012]

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The Poetry Curriculum [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Apr 27 2013] Tony Hoagland urges us to update it: The fierce life force of contemporary American poetry never made it through the metal detector of the public-school system. In the Seventies, our hopes seemed justified; those Simon and Garfunkel lyrics were being ...
Stick This in Your Björk-Hole [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 24 2013] Reading Three Brilliant New Books from Icelandic Novelist Sjónby Paul Constant It is an unfortunate fact of human nature that when we know very little about something foreign to us, we tend to reduce that foreign thing to a single joke. Take Iceland, ...
I Need Some Help [Published Balloon Juice - Apr 23 2013] Oh, hey- I’m still alive. I need a big favor. I have a couple friends who now have daughters ages 9-12, and I am trying to help their parents (my friends) find age appropriate books for them all. When I was a kid, my mother, an English Prof, on top ...
A Thing I Do Not Understand about Libertarians [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - Mar 21 2013] An attempt to restore balance to the Force. Annotated for readers’ benefit.Imagine that it were arbitrarily easy to grant extensive positive rights to everyone in society.[1]That is, we’ve reached the post-scarcity future: Food, clothing, medical care, ...
Biography of writer Richard Brautigan still eli... [Published Real-Time News: Latest Northeast Ohio News - cl ... - Feb 28 2013] The minister dives into 800 page biography of the hippie writer Richard Brautigan. ...