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Novel By Kerouac and Burroughs Filmed in Harlem

Posted on March 27, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Daniel Radcliffe (left) plays Allen Ginsberg, was spotted getting cosy with Ben Foster (right) co-star on the set of his new movie, Kill Your Darlings, in Harlem, New York on 130th Street (see Astor Row in the background of photo). Continue reading →

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A Scandalous Beat Murder In Harlem

Posted on April 18, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In 1944, Lucien Carr was a 19-year-old sophomore at Columbia University, the nucleus of a group of literary-minded undergrads who in the 1950s would be known as the Beats.

Among them were Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac (with Carr, at Columbia), and William S. Burroughs—not a student, but part of the crowd. Carr and Burroughs both hailed from prominent St. Louis families.

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