“Reading Time” by artist Michael Bowen

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“Reading Time,” Painting by artist Michael Bowen, who, in the late 1950s, lived with other hardcore beatniks in the Abalone Factory at Princeton-by-the-Sea.bowen-corso-trieste-cafe-copy.jpg (Photo: L-R: Beat Artist Michael Bowen with beat writer Gregory Corso standing in front of the Trieste Cafe in San Francisco. Photo courtesy Michael Bowen.)

Michael, a world traveler, is featured in my new book, “Princeton-by-the-Sea.

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