Review ...brings the new breed of tough, street-smart spoken word artists together with Beats, rappers, rockers and radical intellectuals. -- Alan KaufmanMARC OLMSTED inherited Burroughs' scientific nerve & Kerouac's movie-minded line nailed down with gold eyebeam in San Francisco. -- Allen Ginsberg, NEW DIRECTIONS IN PROSE & POETRY #37, 1978 Read more About the Author Allen Ginsberg said "MARC OLMSTED inherited Burroughs' scientific nerve & Kerouac's movie-minded line nailed down with gold eyebeam in San Francisco. " Olmsted has appeared in CITY LIGHTS JOURNAL, NEW DIRECTIONS IN PROSE & POETRY, OUTLAW BIBLE OF AMERICAN POETRY, SIGNS OF LIFE (a Manic D Press anthology), PROCESSED WORLD, Flesheater Chris D's BONGO CHALICE, BLUE SATELLITE and a variety of small presses. His work includes the books MILKY DESIRE (Subterranean Press, 1991) and RÉSUMÉ (Inevitable Press, 1998). He has also made two short films, BURROUGHS ON BOWERY, a portrait of the NAKED LUNCH author, and AMERICAN MUTANT, with Burroughs, Ginsberg & Leary. Olmsted appeared at the L.A. Ginsberg Memorial along with Tom Waits, Exxene and Johnny Depp. His new book, WHAT USE AM I A HUNGRY GHOST? - POEMS FROM 3-YEAR RETREAT (Valley Contemporary Press, 2001), has an introduction by Ginsberg. Olmsted is a senior student of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. Olmsted has studied Buddhism since 1974 and completed a 3-year retreat supervised by his teacher. Afterwards, he was encouraged to teach in the San Francisco chapter of Tharchin Rinpoche's students, Last Chance Gompa. Read more
Trustpilot
3 weeks ago
1 month ago
