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The Outlaw Bible of American Literature Paperback – December 30, 2004

by Alan Kaufman (Editor), Barney Rosset (Editor), Neil Ortenberg (Editor)

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The Outlaw Bible of American Literature will serve as a primer for generational revolt and an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformity in literature. This exuberant manifesto includes lives of the writers, on-the-scene testimony, seminal underground articles never before collected, photographs, cartoons, drawings, interviews, and, above all, the writings. Beat, Punk, Noir, Prison, Porn, Cyber, Queer, Anarchist, Blue Collar, Pulp, Sci-Fi, Utopian, Mobster, Political—all are represented. The Bible includes fiction, essays, letters, memoirs, journalism, lyrics, diaries, manifestoes, and selections from seminal film scripts, including Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Taxi Driver. The editors have brought together an extravagant, eclectic, searing, and unforgettable body of work, showcasing Hustlers, Mavericks, Contrarians, Rockers, Barbarians, Gangsters, Hedonists, Provocateurs, Hipsters, and Revolutionaries—all in one raucous cauldron of rebellion and otherness. This prose companion to the best-selling award-winning Outlaw Bible of American Poetry features selections from Hunter S. Thompson, Exene Cervenka, Patti Smith, Dennis Cooper, Malcolm X, Sonny Barger, Maggie Estep, Lenny Bruce, Henry Miller, R. Crumb, Philip K. Dick, Iceberg Slim, Gil Scott-Heron, Kathy Acker, Jim Carroll, Charles Mingus, Norman Mailer, and many others.

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Product Details

Paperback: 920 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; First Edition edition (December 30, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1560255501
ISBN-13: 978-1560255505
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #11 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Movements & Periods > Beat Generation
- #210 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Anthologies
- #316 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Regional & Cultural > United States

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The Good Book

By Frederick Darelle on February 26, 2016

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This books turns the reader's attention to authors and works that lie at the undercurrent of American culture. This book is an insurrection, one that needs to be listened to. We need to be reminded of what true revolution is.

This, among the other books in The Outlaw Bible series, show us the way.

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Worthwhile

By Reader in Tokyo on April 25, 2010

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This book was published in 2004 and contained 143 works by 134 authors. There were 53 excerpts from memoirs, 49 excerpts from novels, 11 short stories or excerpts from them, 8 excerpts from autobiographical or nonfiction short stories, 8 essays or excerpts, and 2 excerpts from nonfiction novels (Tom Wolfe on Ken Kesey, Ed Sanders on Charles Manson). There were also a few selections from letters, interviews, screenplays, a comic monologue, a poem, a journal, a play and a graphic novel.

The works ranged from 1914 (the activist Margaret Sanger) to the 2000s, with something for each decade during the period. One-quarter of the selections came from the 1990s, and four-fifths from the 1960s to the present.

What does it mean to be an "outlaw"? Here the term seemed to cover anyone who rebelled against conformity, in their lives or in their art, or whose actions -- robbery, murder -- put them beyond the pale. Also included were those who wrote about such things or other aspects of humanity's dark side. A few political rebels were included, but were far from being the main focus and -- this being a literary anthology -- their life experiences were excerpted rather than their social/political/economic analysis and criticism.

The works were grouped in sections for the Beats, rockers, feminists, motorcycle gangs, African-Americans, the down and out, dysfunctional families, crime novels, other fiction, prison writing, writing on sex, and a few, more vague categories like "voices from outlaw heaven," "renegades," "white line fever" and "playing in the apocalypse." The collection naturally was uneven and partly a function of clever marketing but still enjoyable.Read more ›

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best school textbook ever

By cindy jones on November 3, 2010

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my enligh teacher at a certain portland, or community college used this as his textbook, and it was the best class i have ever spent money on, fun, interesting, and exposed us to lots of alternative writers

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Great book of work

By Sara in Baltimore on September 2, 2013

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I am using excerpts of this book for my AP Literature class and my students find it very engaging. I purchased this because i owned (and loved) the poetry version of this book.

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Very different

By Kathy J Dyer on May 25, 2014

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Haven`t read much yet but like the selection of non-approved American Literature for lack of a better word. Should be interesting/challenging reading.

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Must have for anyone interested in American poetry from the last 50 years

By Dominic Giafagleone on January 13, 2008

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I have a love hate relationship involving this book. I LOVE this book it is one of the only places you can find D.A. Levy's poems. I HATE myself because I have lost it 3 times and I am now on my fourth copy. But this book is great enough where I will buy 4 copies ($65.88) just so i can not be long with out it. It is in my backpack it is on my nightstand. This has given me great perspective within my own writing. Though it could use some more super recent poets (Def jam and some more recent slammers) but over all it is one of the most influential books in my life

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