A Beatnik Tourist in Ayahuasca Country
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A beatnik tourist in ayahuasca country
The Yage Letters, by William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, City Lights, 68 pages, $8–$54 used Long before it was popular for New Age norteamericanos to visit the Andes Mountains seeking psychedelic enlightenment from ayahuasca, the Beat novelist William Burroughs made the trek. But he took the journey in 1953, when the literary template for a psychonautic vision quest had not yet been set—not that a grumpy cynic like Burroughs was likely to writ…
In his latest novel, the Italian-Argentine author explores the ways of living sexuality, the identities built around hegemonic masculinity, the obstacles that are often imposed on erotic enjoyment, the relationship with nature and death.
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