Robert Crumb, the libidinous underground comix pioneer, had one condition before he agreed to participated in Dan Nadel's ...

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Cal State L.A. professor Ericka Verba, director of the Latin American Studies program, discusses her new biography of the Chilean folk singer.

A new biography and film about Yoko Ono offer more opportunities to assess her contributions to culture. Two pop music critics debate if they’re worthy of their subject.

In his new biography of Robert Crumb ... Nadel sets the cultural stage: “Elvis Presley was on the air, Allen Ginsberg was diagnosing the country, and the ‘sick’ comedy of Lenny Bruce ...

An exclusive excerpt of Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan, which tells the untold story of Rosemary Leary and her life with the ...

Author Susannah Cahalan is admittedly obsessed with the human mind. That intense interest developed after battling a life-threatening case of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis at the age of 24.

Taking full advantage of his access to her, his biography manages to be celebratory ... Tommy Smothers, Allen Ginsberg, and Dick Gregory — chanting the chorus. Throughout her life, Yoko Ono ...