Lucien Carr
Academic and Journalist
Jack Kerouac...that Kerouac came to know both Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.) When Kammerer's obsession with Carr turned aggressive, Carr stabbed him to death and turned to Kerouac for help. Together, they disposed of evidence. As advised by Burroughs,... In this article: Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, The Dharma Bums, William S. Burroughs, Buddhism, Beat Generation, Columbia University, and The Subterraneans |
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Rotten Tomatoes: News | March 17, 2009
Jesse Eisenberg Will Kill Your Darlings
...script with his onetime Yale roommate Austin Bunn. Whishaw will play Lucien Carr, the Columbia U. undergrad who brought together Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac (Evans) and William S. Burroughs. GC Corp., Killer's financial partner, is teaming with...
In this article: Ben Whishaw, Chris Evans, Yale, Columbia U, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Adventureland
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www.washingtonpost.com | November 06, 2008
The Beat Generation, Before It Was Cool
...and Kammerer went out for a walk in a park. They quarreled. Carr stabbed Kammerer with a pocket knife, threw him into the Hudson River and went off to tell Burroughs about it. Burroughs suggested he find a good lawyer and say he'd been...
In this article: William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Columbia University, New York, Morphine, UPI, and Lionel Trilling
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Wikipedia | September 26, 2009
Orpheus Emerged
...of bohemians searching for truth while studying at a university. Kerouac wrote the story shortly after meeting Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lucien Carr, and others in and around Columbia University who would form the core of the Beats.
In this article: Orpheus Emerged, Jack Kerouac, Columbia University, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Beat
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Wikipedia | November 05, 2009
Allen Ginsberg
...debate group. In Ginsberg's freshman year at Columbia he met fellow undergraduate Lucien Carr, who introduced him to a number of future Beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and John Clellon Holmes. They bonded...
In this article: Irwin Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, William Carlos Williams, Moloch, Beat Generation, William Blake, Paul Cezanne, and Peter Orlovsky
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Wikipedia | August 13, 2009
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
...estate, with responsibility for the disposition of his unpublished works. He had befriended Lucien Carr and agreed not to publish the manuscript in Carr's lifetime. Carr's death in 2005 made way for the book to be published at last..
In this article: William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, James Grauerholz, Junkie, Executor, and Beat Generation
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Gregory Corso
Meanwhile in uptown New York City, a group of Columbia College students, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Lucien Carr, along with an older, Harvard graduate, William S. Burroughs, envisioned themselves as future literary figures. Corso...
In this article: Gregory Nunzio Corso, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, New York City, Beat Hotel, Jack Kerouac, Harvard, Columbia College, and Charles "Lucky" Luciano
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Beat Generation
...Carr to her boyfriend Jack Kerouac when he came back from his stint as a merchant marine. In 1944, Carr introduced Kerouac and Burroughs. Kammerer's fixation was obvious to everyone in the circle, and he became jealous as Carr...
In this article: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Beat Generation, Beat Hotel, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, On the Road, Neal Cassady, and Beat
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
Lucien Carr
...with rocks, and dumped it in the nearby Hudson River. Next, Carr went to the apartment of William Burroughs, gave him Kammerer's bloodied pack of cigarettes, and explained the incident. Burroughs flushed the cigarettes down the toilet, and...
In this article: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, United Press International, Columbia University, New York City, Beat, and Lionel Trilling
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Lucien Carr (March 1 1925 – January 28 2005) was a key member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation in the 1940s; later he worked for many years as an editor for United Press International.
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