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Robert Briggs: Ruined Time: The 1950s and the Beat
January 21, 2010
Robert Briggs is author of Ruined Time: The 1950s and the Beat. Robert attended Auburn and Columbia Universities and served in the army during the Korean War. A bookseller in Greenwich Village and North Beach, he was involved in West Coast jazz and poetry scenes in the 1950s. Writing and working in bookstores drew Briggs into publishing and by 1988 he became involved with New Age nonfiction publishing works by Joseph Campbell and Colin Wilson that, twenty years later opened a Zen door and the need to question why, in 2009, the Beat continues to haunt the American mind.
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About the interviewer: Paul O'Brien
'Paulo' has been the host of the Pathways interview program on Oregon's KBOO FM radio for 25 years. He is also founder of Tarot.com, author of Divination: Sacred Tools for Reading the Mind of God and co-author of The Visionary I Ching, a modern poetic non-sexist interpretation of the ancient oracle. He is an inspirational speaker and teacher, successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, ordained New Thought minister, spiritual counselor and Buddhist meditation teacher. Paul founded Visionary Networks, the first company to publish divination software (1989). Now, as Executive Director of the non-profit Divination Foundation, Paulo's passion remains helping people fulfill their life purpose and master the art of being happy.
