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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.

A Drink of Absinthe

by Michael Norris Thursday, February 14, 2008 01:21 am

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.

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.

THE BIG SLIDE

by Levi Asher Friday, October 16, 2009 01:19 am

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.

Lost In The Woods

by Levi Asher Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:21 pm

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.

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About Litkicks

by Levi Asher Tuesday, September 18, 2012 12:08 am

About the Literary Kicks website.

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.

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.

What Should Action Poetry Become?

by Levi Asher Thursday, October 4, 2012 08:15 pm

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.

Please Write A Poem Today

by Levi Asher Tuesday, November 6, 2012 05:17 pm

An open poetry thread for November 6, 2012, election day in the United States of America.

Beats & Blues & Poker

by Levi Asher Sunday, November 18, 2012 06:18 pm

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

Action Poetry

by Levi Asher Tuesday, December 18, 2012 08:31 pm

We can all use some poetry right now. Whether we're writing it or reading it, we can all use some.

Action Poetry: February 2013

by Levi Asher Thursday, January 31, 2013 08:02 pm

Action Poetry Mule by Mark Wireman Coburn

Some people have asked me how Action Poetry works on Litkicks. It's so simple. You post a poem and read other people's poems, and other people read your poem.

Farewell to Clay January

by Levi Asher Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:38 pm

Farewell to an old friend of Litkicks, Clay January, aka "Lightning Rod", of Texas.

Action Poetry: Spring 2013

by Levi Asher Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:15 pm

It's springtime! How about writing a poem?