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| - | The term '''Bohemian''' was first used in the [[nineteenth century]] to describe the [[History of subcultures in the 19th century|non-traditional lifestyles]] of marginalized and [[starving artist|impoverished artist]]s, [[writer]]s, [[musician]]s, and [[actor]]s in major European cities. The bohemian lifestyle is often associated with [[café]]s, [[coffeehouse]]s, [[drugs|drug use]] (particularly [[opium]]), [[alcoholism]], and [[absinthe]]. Bohemians were associated with [[unorthodox]] or [[anti-establishment]] political or social viewpoints, which were expressed through [[extramarital]] sexual relations and [[simple living|voluntary poverty]]. | + | '''Levi Asher''' (18 November 1961, in [[Queens, New York]], born Marc Eliot Stein) is a [[New York]]-based writer, blogger and web developer responsible for [[Literary Kicks]], one of the earliest popular literary websites and now the oldest continuously-running literary website on the Internet. Other works by Levi Asher include Queensboro Ballads, a series of stories and essays in the form of a 1960s folk-rock album, Coffeehouse: Writings From The Web, the first anthology of online writing, Notes From Underground, a digital movie version of the [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]] novel, Action Poetry, a compilation of writings from Literary Kicks, and The Summer of the [[New York Mets|Mets]], a novel. |
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| - | The term emerged in [[France]] in the 1800s when artists and creators began to concentrate in the lower-rent, lower class [[Roma people|gypsy]] neighbourhoods. The term "Bohemian" reflects a belief, widely held in France at the time, that the Gypsies had come from [[Bohemia]]. | + | |
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| - | :The first usage of the term "Bohemian" (meaning, literally, "Gypsy") to refer to the disaffected and impoverished young artists and students of Paris has been traced to a popular French journalist and dramatist, [[Felix Pyat]], who wrote a series of essays about "kids today" in a publication called [[Nouveau Tableau de Paris au XIX Siecle]] in 1834. He described this personality type as "alien and bizarre ... outside the law, beyond the reaches of society ... they are the Bohemians of today." | + | |
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| - | The term did not catch on in a huge way, though, until 1845 when a writer named Henry Murger, himself a bohemian (and the model for his own character Rodolphe), began producing a series of stories about himself and his friends for a small Paris newspaper called Le Corsaire-Satan. These stories were later collected in book form and staged as a play, Scenes de la vie de Boheme, which was a tremendous hit and an almost unbelievably definitive influence on French society. Today this play is mainly known as the source of the Puccini opera 'La Boheme', but the opera was not introduced until 1896, when the Bohemian youth movement had already been old news for decades. -- [[Levi Asher]][http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/page.jsp?what=LaBoheme] | + | |
| + | ==Published works== | ||
| + | *''Coffeehouse Writings for the Web'', Editor (Manning, 1997)<ref name="amazon.com"/> | ||
| + | *''The Summer of the Mets | ||
| + | *''Action Poetry | ||
| + | *''Why Ayn Rand Is Wrong (and Why It Matters) | ||
| + | *''The Cards I'm Playing: Poker and Postmodern Literature | ||
| + | *''Chiaroscuro: Assorted Literary Essays | ||
| + | *''Beats In Time: A Literary Generation's Legacy'', Editor | ||
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Levi Asher (18 November 1961, in Queens, New York, born Marc Eliot Stein) is a New York-based writer, blogger and web developer responsible for Literary Kicks, one of the earliest popular literary websites and now the oldest continuously-running literary website on the Internet. Other works by Levi Asher include Queensboro Ballads, a series of stories and essays in the form of a 1960s folk-rock album, Coffeehouse: Writings From The Web, the first anthology of online writing, Notes From Underground, a digital movie version of the Dostoevsky novel, Action Poetry, a compilation of writings from Literary Kicks, and The Summer of the Mets, a novel.
Published works
- Coffeehouse Writings for the Web, Editor (Manning, 1997)<ref name="amazon.com"/>
- The Summer of the Mets
- Action Poetry
- Why Ayn Rand Is Wrong (and Why It Matters)
- The Cards I'm Playing: Poker and Postmodern Literature
- Chiaroscuro: Assorted Literary Essays
- Beats In Time: A Literary Generation's Legacy, Editor
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