A stream-of-consciousness story of a poverty-stricken young American, living in Paris.

"In an attic apartment in the Latin Quarter of Paris, a group of young artists are living together in poverty. Their neighbour, the little seamstress Mimi, introduces herself, seeking a light for her candle, when Rodolfo is left alone. They fall in love. At the Café Momus Rodolfo presents Mimi to his friends, while the singer Musetta abandons her elderly rich lover Alcindoro in order to join Marcello. Alcindoro is left to settle the bill for all...

One of the most acclaimed films of this year's Sundance Film Festival, Azazel Jacobs' third feature is both a tribute to his parents (and to the lost New York of his childhood) and an acutely perceptive, deeply personal take on a universal experience: the fear of growing up.

Along with documentary research, the author conducted interviews with a number of current or past Villagers, including: filmmaker John Waters, who first hitchhiked to the Village from Baltimore as a teenager in the early 1960s and moved there in 1990; Alfred Leslie, 84, the last of the original Abstract Expressionists still living and working in Manhattan, who made the Beat film Pull My Daisy with Kerouac, Ginsberg and others; Tish, an 88-year-old...

A year in the life of a group of friends who love, fight, and laugh together as they face important social issues such as AIDS, homosexuality, drug abuse, and homelessness.

Is your style… • flowy and ultrafeminine? • super eclectic, with lots of mixing and matching? • earthy and a little laid-back? Then you are clearly boho chic! And so are lots of fashionistas. Stars like Vanessa Hudgens and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are known for sporting boho style. With a few key pieces in your closet, plus a dash of style know-how, you can look every bit as boho chic as the celebs. Find out about the clothes, accessories,...

The novel that introduced the world to the Beat Generation. Published 5 years before On the Road, this candid and perceptive roman à clef chronicles the adventures of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Neal Cassady before they became literary icons. In dive bars and all-night diners, cabs racing across Manhattan and squalid apartments sticky with "tea" smoke, these would-be artists pursue the ecstatic experiences that shape their work and satisfy...

Puccini's bittersweet tale of high-spirited bohemians and doomed love.

From the dive bars of Brooklyn's Williamsburg to the dirty alleys of San Francisco's Mission, the urban hipster has redefined American cool with a sighing disdain for everything mainstream. Hipsters are easily identified by their worn-out shoes, fixies and PBR tallboys, but until now no one had investigated beyond the hipster look to the even more hilarious hipster psyche. With personally researched articles, revealing illustrations and helpful charts...

Friends, Kurt and Mark, reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. For Mark, the weekend outing offers a respite from the pressure of his imminent fatherhood; for Kurt, a long series of carefree adventures.