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Literary Kicks: the Postage Stamp Series

by Levi Asher Thursday, September 20, 2001 08:51 pm
Imaginary Gregory Corso postage stamp
Imaginary Beat Generation postage stamp images, created for Literary Kicks in the mid 1990s.

... Read more and add your thoughts

The Birthday Party: Harold Pinter’s Bed and Breakfast

by Levi Asher Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:22 pm
Playbill for Harold Pinter's 'The Birthday Party'
A look back at Harold Pinter's great play 'The Birthday Party', which was savaged by critics when it opened in 1958.

... Read more and add your thoughts (3 comments)

A Drink of Absinthe

by Michael Norris Thursday, February 14, 2008 01:21 am
Vert d'Absinthe
Michael Norris describes his first taste of a forbidden "literary" drink, absinthe, which has recently become available in some places after decades of a bad reputation.

... Read more and add your thoughts (8 comments)

WEBBY VALLEY

by Levi Asher Thursday, June 4, 2009 12:56 am
Webby Awards nominee laminate, San Francisco 1998
Chapter 20 of Levi Asher's Silicon Alley memoir. Spring/Summer 1998: LitKicks gets nominated for a Webby Award but is going nowhere fast ... Content is king vs. content is dead ... Creative frustrations ... Hedgehogs and foxes and indie publishing mentors.

... Read more and add your thoughts (6 comments)

THE BIG SLIDE

by Levi Asher Friday, October 16, 2009 01:19 am
Pets.com sock puppet
Chapter 36 of Levi Asher's Silicon Alley memoir. Spring/Summer 2000: An article in Barron's magazine kicks off the dot-com stock crash ... Share prices plummet and an entire industry begins to fall apart.

... Read more and add your thoughts (10 comments)

PICKING UP

by Levi Asher Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:15 pm
Cover of Silicon Alley Reporter showing crash of Hindenberg zeppelin
Chapter 37 of Levi Asher's memoir of the Internet industry: Fall/Winter 2000: After the crash, a destroyed industry gathers its resources ... Mentoring sessions with Candice Carpenter ... Initial plans for LitKicks 2.0 ... The Mets in the World Series ... A confusing election night ... An unexpected turn of fate.

... Read more and add your thoughts (14 comments)

Philosophy Weekend: The Anguish Of Sisyphus

by Levi Asher Monday, June 28, 2010 12:26 am
Le Mythe de Sisyphe by Albert Camus
Introducing "Philosophy Weekend", a new blog series on Litkicks,

... Read more and add your thoughts (11 comments)

Lost In The Woods

by Levi Asher Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:21 pm
Rainy Day Forest Hike
In the middle of the journey of the life we share together, I became lost in the woods and could not find the correct path.

... Read more and add your thoughts

About Litkicks (2012 to 2014)

by Levi Asher Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:08 am
Me and Daniel playing guitar
About the Literary Kicks website.

... Read more and add your thoughts (16 comments)

The Wireframe: Jack Kerouac's Writing Techniques

by Levi Asher Monday, September 24, 2012 11:41 am
"Belief and Techniques for Modern Prose", Jack Kerouac's 30-point program for writers.

... Read more and add your thoughts (11 comments)

Adventures in Drupal 7 Redesign

by Levi Asher Thursday, September 27, 2012 08:36 pm
Levi Asher coding Drupal 7 and just having a great time
In September 2012, I launched a new version of this blog using Drupal 7 and HTML5. Here's how it went.

... Read more and add your thoughts (6 comments)

What Should Action Poetry Become?

by Levi Asher Thursday, October 4, 2012 08:15 pm
Action Poetry
Eleven years ago, a Litkicks reader posted a suggestion: could I create a free poetry board on this site? I thought it sounded like fun, and thus Action Poetry was born. 21,000 poems later, what should the next version of Action Poetry be? We're asking for new ideas.

... Read more and add your thoughts (58 comments)

Please Write A Poem Today

by Levi Asher Tuesday, November 6, 2012 05:17 pm
Action Poetry
An open poetry thread for November 6, 2012, election day in the United States of America.

... Read more and add your thoughts (95 comments)

Beats & Blues & Poker

by Levi Asher Sunday, November 18, 2012 06:18 pm
Levi Asher interview at Blues.gr
I'm psyched to be included in an impressive series of interviews about the Beat Generation conducted by Michael Limnios at Blues @ Greece, a Greek web publication devoted to underground music and culture

... Read more and add your thoughts (3 comments)

Action Poetry

by Levi Asher Tuesday, December 18, 2012 08:31 pm
Action Poetry -- Mayan Calendar edition
We can all use some poetry right now. Whether we're writing it or reading it, we can all use some.

... Read more and add your thoughts (70 comments)

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Literary Kicks: the Postage Stamp Series

by Levi Asher Thursday, September 20, 2001 08:51 pm
Imaginary Gregory Corso postage stamp
Imaginary Beat Generation postage stamp images, created for Literary Kicks in the mid 1990s.

... Read more and add your thoughts

The Birthday Party: Harold Pinter’s Bed and Breakfast

by Levi Asher Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:22 pm
Playbill for Harold Pinter's 'The Birthday Party'
A look back at Harold Pinter's great play 'The Birthday Party', which was savaged by critics when it opened in 1958.

... Read more and add your thoughts (3 comments)

A Drink of Absinthe

by Michael Norris Thursday, February 14, 2008 01:21 am
Vert d'Absinthe
Michael Norris describes his first taste of a forbidden "literary" drink, absinthe, which has recently become available in some places after decades of a bad reputation.

... Read more and add your thoughts (8 comments)

WEBBY VALLEY

by Levi Asher Thursday, June 4, 2009 12:56 am
Webby Awards nominee laminate, San Francisco 1998
Chapter 20 of Levi Asher's Silicon Alley memoir. Spring/Summer 1998: LitKicks gets nominated for a Webby Award but is going nowhere fast ... Content is king vs. content is dead ... Creative frustrations ... Hedgehogs and foxes and indie publishing mentors.

... Read more and add your thoughts (6 comments)

THE BIG SLIDE

by Levi Asher Friday, October 16, 2009 01:19 am
Pets.com sock puppet
Chapter 36 of Levi Asher's Silicon Alley memoir. Spring/Summer 2000: An article in Barron's magazine kicks off the dot-com stock crash ... Share prices plummet and an entire industry begins to fall apart.

... Read more and add your thoughts (10 comments)

PICKING UP

by Levi Asher Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:15 pm
Cover of Silicon Alley Reporter showing crash of Hindenberg zeppelin
Chapter 37 of Levi Asher's memoir of the Internet industry: Fall/Winter 2000: After the crash, a destroyed industry gathers its resources ... Mentoring sessions with Candice Carpenter ... Initial plans for LitKicks 2.0 ... The Mets in the World Series ... A confusing election night ... An unexpected turn of fate.

... Read more and add your thoughts (14 comments)

Philosophy Weekend: The Anguish Of Sisyphus

by Levi Asher Monday, June 28, 2010 12:26 am
Le Mythe de Sisyphe by Albert Camus
Introducing "Philosophy Weekend", a new blog series on Litkicks,

... Read more and add your thoughts (11 comments)

Lost In The Woods

by Levi Asher Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:21 pm
Rainy Day Forest Hike
In the middle of the journey of the life we share together, I became lost in the woods and could not find the correct path.

... Read more and add your thoughts

About Litkicks (2012 to 2014)

by Levi Asher Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:08 am
Me and Daniel playing guitar
About the Literary Kicks website.

... Read more and add your thoughts (16 comments)

The Wireframe: Jack Kerouac's Writing Techniques

by Levi Asher Monday, September 24, 2012 11:41 am
"Belief and Techniques for Modern Prose", Jack Kerouac's 30-point program for writers.

... Read more and add your thoughts (11 comments)

Adventures in Drupal 7 Redesign

by Levi Asher Thursday, September 27, 2012 08:36 pm
Levi Asher coding Drupal 7 and just having a great time
In September 2012, I launched a new version of this blog using Drupal 7 and HTML5. Here's how it went.

... Read more and add your thoughts (6 comments)

What Should Action Poetry Become?

by Levi Asher Thursday, October 4, 2012 08:15 pm
Action Poetry
Eleven years ago, a Litkicks reader posted a suggestion: could I create a free poetry board on this site? I thought it sounded like fun, and thus Action Poetry was born. 21,000 poems later, what should the next version of Action Poetry be? We're asking for new ideas.

... Read more and add your thoughts (58 comments)

Please Write A Poem Today

by Levi Asher Tuesday, November 6, 2012 05:17 pm
Action Poetry
An open poetry thread for November 6, 2012, election day in the United States of America.

... Read more and add your thoughts (95 comments)

Beats & Blues & Poker

by Levi Asher Sunday, November 18, 2012 06:18 pm
Levi Asher interview at Blues.gr
I'm psyched to be included in an impressive series of interviews about the Beat Generation conducted by Michael Limnios at Blues @ Greece, a Greek web publication devoted to underground music and culture

... Read more and add your thoughts (3 comments)

Action Poetry

by Levi Asher Tuesday, December 18, 2012 08:31 pm
Action Poetry -- Mayan Calendar edition
We can all use some poetry right now. Whether we're writing it or reading it, we can all use some.

... Read more and add your thoughts (70 comments)

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