A new installment of a series that includes The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and The Outlaw Bible of American Literature is a celebration of the nation's tradition of dissidence and nonconformity as it is reflected in lives and letters, in an anthology that includes pieces by such figures as Hunter S. Thompson, Paul Krassner, and Kathy Acker. Original. Introduction Alan Kaufman 1(6) From a Steel Box to a Wicked Young Girl Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck) 7(10) Why I Continue to Write Hubert Selby Jr. 17(2) Culture and Struggle Jack Hirschman 19(8) The Catastrophe of Success Tennessee Williams 27(6) Everyday Barf Eileen Myles 33(6) Notes Written on Finally Recording Howl Allen Ginsberg 39(4) Wall Street: The Story of What Happened to Our Intimacy Timothy "Speed" Levitch 43(16) Letter Home Barney Rosset 59(4) A Hollywood-Style Tough: The 1950's and the Fabrication of the Teenager James Sullivan 63(18) Up Against the Wall! Dotson Rader 81(20) From Dead Meat Sue Coe 101(12) The Parts Left Out of the Kennedy Book Paul Krassner 113(4) Mind War William S. Burroughs 117(4) The Courage to Kill: Meeting the Panthers Eldridge Cleaver 121(12) Kick Out the Jams, Motherfucker! John Sinclair 133(20) Portrait of a Young Man Trying to Eat the Sun Mike Golden 153(26) Liner Notes for the Jefferson Airplane's 2400 Fulton Street Ben Fong-Torres 179(12) From America: A Prophecy Sparrow 191(6) From Unrepentant Whore Scarlot Harlot 197(4) Obscenity Kurt Vonnegut 201(10) Hellfire Club Annie Sprinkle 211(2) For the Love of Women Ray Charles and David Ritz 213(8) Rape Scenes Susie Bright 221(6) Transmissions from Camp Trans Michelle Tea 227(38) Sexsville: Outtakes David Meltzer 265(14) Sisters, Saints, and Sibyls: Women and the Beat Brenda Knight 279(6) Modern Primitives V. Vale and Andrea Juno 285(6) From Peops: Stories and Portraits of People Fly 291(14) Meeting Mose T Erik La Prade 305(4) "Paul Simon" from Noise of the World Hank Bordowitz 309(4) "Miriam Makeba" from Noise of the World Hank Bordowitz 313 Love as the Practice of Freedom bell hooks 317(8) Contributors 325(16) Permissions 341(3) About the Editor 344