Paul Bowles
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Paul Bowles
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· Sep 14
"Dream Cantata & a selection of early song", is a collection of lost scores by #PaulBowles.
#DreamCantata was recorded at The Yehudi Menuhin Hall, London, in 2024.
Except “My Sister’s Hand in Mine”, no other recordings of these pieces are extant.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
#DreamCantata was recorded at The Yehudi Menuhin Hall, London, in 2024.
Except “My Sister’s Hand in Mine”, no other recordings of these pieces are extant.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
Typescript with Bowles’s corrections of El-Fellah, a story by Mohammed Mrabet (1977) (courtesy of University of Delaware Library Special Collections and Museums).
#Mrabet @udelaware.bsky.social
#Mrabet @udelaware.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Typescript with Bowles’s corrections of El-Fellah, a story by Mohammed Mrabet (1977) (courtesy of University of Delaware Library Special Collections and Museums).
#Mrabet @udelaware.bsky.social
#Mrabet @udelaware.bsky.social
In 1939, Paul and #JaneBowles joined the #AmericanCommunistParty.
"We tried to compensate for our lack of devotion to Marxism-Leninism by seeing every Russian film that came to New York."
Image: poster for #AleksandrNevskij movie, 1938
#sovietmovie
"We tried to compensate for our lack of devotion to Marxism-Leninism by seeing every Russian film that came to New York."
Image: poster for #AleksandrNevskij movie, 1938
#sovietmovie
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In 1939, Paul and #JaneBowles joined the #AmericanCommunistParty.
"We tried to compensate for our lack of devotion to Marxism-Leninism by seeing every Russian film that came to New York."
Image: poster for #AleksandrNevskij movie, 1938
#sovietmovie
"We tried to compensate for our lack of devotion to Marxism-Leninism by seeing every Russian film that came to New York."
Image: poster for #AleksandrNevskij movie, 1938
#sovietmovie
Mohammed #Mrabet’s short novel #TheBigMirror was taped and translated from the #Moghrebi by Paul Bowles and published in 1977.
On paulbowles.org website there are some pages of Bowles’s notebooks with his “running translation” of the taped story into English, alongside its final published version.
On paulbowles.org website there are some pages of Bowles’s notebooks with his “running translation” of the taped story into English, alongside its final published version.
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Mohammed #Mrabet’s short novel #TheBigMirror was taped and translated from the #Moghrebi by Paul Bowles and published in 1977.
On paulbowles.org website there are some pages of Bowles’s notebooks with his “running translation” of the taped story into English, alongside its final published version.
On paulbowles.org website there are some pages of Bowles’s notebooks with his “running translation” of the taped story into English, alongside its final published version.
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1940
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#TheatreGuildProduction #PhilipBarry #LillianHellman #Houseman #paulbowles
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#TheatreGuildProduction #PhilipBarry #LillianHellman #Houseman #paulbowles
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1940
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#TheatreGuildProduction #PhilipBarry #LillianHellman #Houseman #paulbowles
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#TheatreGuildProduction #PhilipBarry #LillianHellman #Houseman #paulbowles
Twenty-six years ago, on 18 November, Paul Bowles died in Tangier. Today, our thoughts turn to a free and fearless spirit and a dear friend.
#18november
#18november
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Twenty-six years ago, on 18 November, Paul Bowles died in Tangier. Today, our thoughts turn to a free and fearless spirit and a dear friend.
#18november
#18november
In a letter dated 31 May 1957, #AllenGinsberg tells #JackKerouac about his meetings with Paul Bowles and describes his character.
www.paulbowles.org/paul-bowles/...
#kerouac #ginsberg #tangeri #beatgeneration
www.paulbowles.org/paul-bowles/...
#kerouac #ginsberg #tangeri #beatgeneration
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In a letter dated 31 May 1957, #AllenGinsberg tells #JackKerouac about his meetings with Paul Bowles and describes his character.
www.paulbowles.org/paul-bowles/...
#kerouac #ginsberg #tangeri #beatgeneration
www.paulbowles.org/paul-bowles/...
#kerouac #ginsberg #tangeri #beatgeneration
Have you ever felt like you just needed to get as far away as possible from where you were born? Paul Bowles did.
#travel #travellers #travelliterature #paulbowles #quotes
#travel #travellers #travelliterature #paulbowles #quotes
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Have you ever felt like you just needed to get as far away as possible from where you were born? Paul Bowles did.
#travel #travellers #travelliterature #paulbowles #quotes
#travel #travellers #travelliterature #paulbowles #quotes
#PaulBowles's personal library includes over three thousand volumes that he collected during the 50 years he lived in Tangier. His copious library is now available in digitized form for public consultation.
Visual tour of the library: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
#books #library #tangier
Visual tour of the library: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
#books #library #tangier
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#PaulBowles's personal library includes over three thousand volumes that he collected during the 50 years he lived in Tangier. His copious library is now available in digitized form for public consultation.
Visual tour of the library: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
#books #library #tangier
Visual tour of the library: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
#books #library #tangier
Discover a collection of lost scores by Paul Bowles on the album "Dream Cantata & a Selection of Early Songs." "Dream Cantata" was recorded at the Yehudi Menuhin Hall in London in 2024.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata .
#paulbowles #unreleased #music #dreamcantata
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata .
#paulbowles #unreleased #music #dreamcantata
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Discover a collection of lost scores by Paul Bowles on the album "Dream Cantata & a Selection of Early Songs." "Dream Cantata" was recorded at the Yehudi Menuhin Hall in London in 2024.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata .
#paulbowles #unreleased #music #dreamcantata
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata .
#paulbowles #unreleased #music #dreamcantata
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1939
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #CharlesHenriFord #WilliamSaroyan #biography #1939
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #CharlesHenriFord #WilliamSaroyan #biography #1939
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1939
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #CharlesHenriFord #WilliamSaroyan #biography #1939
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #CharlesHenriFord #WilliamSaroyan #biography #1939
"The Saint by Accident" by #MohammedMrabet was translated into English by #PaulBowles. It was first published in The Transatlantic Review No. 45, and was later included in The Boy Who Set the Fire & Other Stories.
#translation #manuscript #Moghrebi #morocco #Mrabet #beatgeneration
#translation #manuscript #Moghrebi #morocco #Mrabet #beatgeneration
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"The Saint by Accident" by #MohammedMrabet was translated into English by #PaulBowles. It was first published in The Transatlantic Review No. 45, and was later included in The Boy Who Set the Fire & Other Stories.
#translation #manuscript #Moghrebi #morocco #Mrabet #beatgeneration
#translation #manuscript #Moghrebi #morocco #Mrabet #beatgeneration
“The soul is the weariest part of the body.” The Sheltering Sky
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#paulbowles #theshelteringsky #soul #quotes
paulbowles.org
#paulbowles #theshelteringsky #soul #quotes
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“The soul is the weariest part of the body.” The Sheltering Sky
paulbowles.org
#paulbowles #theshelteringsky #soul #quotes
paulbowles.org
#paulbowles #theshelteringsky #soul #quotes
Paul Bowles describes a Moroccan #trancedance of self mutilation that he witnessed in #Chouen, Morocco.
Watch the extract from the 1970 documentary by Gary Conklin, "Paul Bowles In Morocco" on paulbowles.org website, Films section.
#PaulBowles #trance #dance #Morocco #documentary #noquestionsasked
Watch the extract from the 1970 documentary by Gary Conklin, "Paul Bowles In Morocco" on paulbowles.org website, Films section.
#PaulBowles #trance #dance #Morocco #documentary #noquestionsasked
October 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Paul Bowles describes a Moroccan #trancedance of self mutilation that he witnessed in #Chouen, Morocco.
Watch the extract from the 1970 documentary by Gary Conklin, "Paul Bowles In Morocco" on paulbowles.org website, Films section.
#PaulBowles #trance #dance #Morocco #documentary #noquestionsasked
Watch the extract from the 1970 documentary by Gary Conklin, "Paul Bowles In Morocco" on paulbowles.org website, Films section.
#PaulBowles #trance #dance #Morocco #documentary #noquestionsasked
The words of William S. Burroughs for his friend Paul Bowles.
These words are collected in the book "Paul Bowles by His Friends", Peter Owen, London, 1992.
#williamsburroughs #burroughs #paulbowles #tangier #thenakedlunch
These words are collected in the book "Paul Bowles by His Friends", Peter Owen, London, 1992.
#williamsburroughs #burroughs #paulbowles #tangier #thenakedlunch
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The words of William S. Burroughs for his friend Paul Bowles.
These words are collected in the book "Paul Bowles by His Friends", Peter Owen, London, 1992.
#williamsburroughs #burroughs #paulbowles #tangier #thenakedlunch
These words are collected in the book "Paul Bowles by His Friends", Peter Owen, London, 1992.
#williamsburroughs #burroughs #paulbowles #tangier #thenakedlunch
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1938
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #OrsonWelles #WilliamGillette #1938
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #OrsonWelles #WilliamGillette #1938
October 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1938
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #OrsonWelles #WilliamGillette #1938
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#JaneAuer #JaneBowles #PaulBowles #OrsonWelles #WilliamGillette #1938
During his teenage years, #PaulBowles wrote a series of poems, some of which were published in the University of Virginia magazine. Check paulbowles.org for more.
Air to the Sea, early poems, manuscript, c. 1923-1927 (courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, at The University of Texas at Austin).
Air to the Sea, early poems, manuscript, c. 1923-1927 (courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, at The University of Texas at Austin).
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
During his teenage years, #PaulBowles wrote a series of poems, some of which were published in the University of Virginia magazine. Check paulbowles.org for more.
Air to the Sea, early poems, manuscript, c. 1923-1927 (courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, at The University of Texas at Austin).
Air to the Sea, early poems, manuscript, c. 1923-1927 (courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, at The University of Texas at Austin).
#PaulBowles's personal library includes over three thousand volumes that he collected during the 50 years he lived in #Tangier. His copious #library is now available in digitized form for public consultation.
Check the full catalogue: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
Check the full catalogue: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
October 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#PaulBowles's personal library includes over three thousand volumes that he collected during the 50 years he lived in #Tangier. His copious #library is now available in digitized form for public consultation.
Check the full catalogue: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
Check the full catalogue: www.paulbowles.org/library/visu....
'Scenes from the Door: The Ford" and "Scenes from the Door: Red Faces', were composed by #PaulBowles in collaboration with #GertrudeStein.
These two songs have now been recorded and collected in the album "Paul Bowles: Dream Cantata and Selected Songs".
paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
These two songs have now been recorded and collected in the album "Paul Bowles: Dream Cantata and Selected Songs".
paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
September 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
'Scenes from the Door: The Ford" and "Scenes from the Door: Red Faces', were composed by #PaulBowles in collaboration with #GertrudeStein.
These two songs have now been recorded and collected in the album "Paul Bowles: Dream Cantata and Selected Songs".
paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
These two songs have now been recorded and collected in the album "Paul Bowles: Dream Cantata and Selected Songs".
paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
Listen to Paul Bowles reading "Baptism of Solitude": from the collection of essays Their Heads are Green and Their Hands Are Blue: www.paulbowles.org/writings/Pau...
#reading #paulbowles #authorreading #essays
#reading #paulbowles #authorreading #essays
September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Listen to Paul Bowles reading "Baptism of Solitude": from the collection of essays Their Heads are Green and Their Hands Are Blue: www.paulbowles.org/writings/Pau...
#reading #paulbowles #authorreading #essays
#reading #paulbowles #authorreading #essays
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1937
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #JaneAuer #JohnLatouche #GeorgeBalanchine #HenriFord
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #JaneAuer #JohnLatouche #GeorgeBalanchine #HenriFord
September 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1937
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #JaneAuer #JohnLatouche #GeorgeBalanchine #HenriFord
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #JaneAuer #JohnLatouche #GeorgeBalanchine #HenriFord
"Dream Cantata & a selection of early song", is a collection of lost scores by #PaulBowles.
#DreamCantata was recorded at The Yehudi Menuhin Hall, London, in 2024.
Except “My Sister’s Hand in Mine”, no other recordings of these pieces are extant.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
#DreamCantata was recorded at The Yehudi Menuhin Hall, London, in 2024.
Except “My Sister’s Hand in Mine”, no other recordings of these pieces are extant.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
September 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Dream Cantata & a selection of early song", is a collection of lost scores by #PaulBowles.
#DreamCantata was recorded at The Yehudi Menuhin Hall, London, in 2024.
Except “My Sister’s Hand in Mine”, no other recordings of these pieces are extant.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
#DreamCantata was recorded at The Yehudi Menuhin Hall, London, in 2024.
Except “My Sister’s Hand in Mine”, no other recordings of these pieces are extant.
Listen: paulbowles.lnk.to/dreamcantata
Paul Bowles made this comment while recalling the experience of writing his autobiography, "Without Stopping". He was glad to know that he would never need to repeat the experience!
#paulbowles #autobiography #deadlines #writerslife
#paulbowles #autobiography #deadlines #writerslife
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Paul Bowles made this comment while recalling the experience of writing his autobiography, "Without Stopping". He was glad to know that he would never need to repeat the experience!
#paulbowles #autobiography #deadlines #writerslife
#paulbowles #autobiography #deadlines #writerslife
The Paul Bowles has the most comprehensive database on the musical work of Paul Bowles.
#paulbowlesmusic #paulbowles #composer #americancomposer
#paulbowlesmusic #paulbowles #composer #americancomposer
September 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Paul Bowles has the most comprehensive database on the musical work of Paul Bowles.
#paulbowlesmusic #paulbowles #composer #americancomposer
#paulbowlesmusic #paulbowles #composer #americancomposer
Paul Bowles' life in 1936.
Learn more on paulbowles.org
#paulbowles #orsonwelles #johnhouseman #antifascism
Learn more on paulbowles.org
#paulbowles #orsonwelles #johnhouseman #antifascism
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Paul Bowles' life in 1936.
Learn more on paulbowles.org
#paulbowles #orsonwelles #johnhouseman #antifascism
Learn more on paulbowles.org
#paulbowles #orsonwelles #johnhouseman #antifascism
About the writing of "Without Stopping. An Autobiography", Bowles would comment:
"It seems to me that deadlines are all too likely to produce dead books."
Learn more on www.paulbowles.org
#PaulBowles #withoutstopping #autobiography #deadlines #writing #writers
"It seems to me that deadlines are all too likely to produce dead books."
Learn more on www.paulbowles.org
#PaulBowles #withoutstopping #autobiography #deadlines #writing #writers
August 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
About the writing of "Without Stopping. An Autobiography", Bowles would comment:
"It seems to me that deadlines are all too likely to produce dead books."
Learn more on www.paulbowles.org
#PaulBowles #withoutstopping #autobiography #deadlines #writing #writers
"It seems to me that deadlines are all too likely to produce dead books."
Learn more on www.paulbowles.org
#PaulBowles #withoutstopping #autobiography #deadlines #writing #writers