Paul Bowles lived in Morocco (1931–1999), crafting art in colonial Tangier’s melting pot. He fused Western & African cultures, preserved local lit & shaped the Beat Generation. This unique period of Marokkos history is now past.
#PaulBowles #Morocco #Tanger #BeatGeneration #TangierQueer #GayExpat
#PaulBowles #Morocco #Tanger #BeatGeneration #TangierQueer #GayExpat
Paul Bowles : Immersing in the literary tapestry of morocco
Follow along on a personal journey of discovery as I recount my encounter with the mesmerizing works of Paul Bowles after settling in Morocco 28 years ago. Explore the profound impact of Bowles's lite...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Paul Bowles lived in Morocco (1931–1999), crafting art in colonial Tangier’s melting pot. He fused Western & African cultures, preserved local lit & shaped the Beat Generation. This unique period of Marokkos history is now past.
#PaulBowles #Morocco #Tanger #BeatGeneration #TangierQueer #GayExpat
#PaulBowles #Morocco #Tanger #BeatGeneration #TangierQueer #GayExpat
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life: 1940
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#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
"There is a way to master silence
Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners
And listen to the hiss of time outside."
✒ #PaulBowles, American composer and novelist ("The Sheltering Sky"), #DOTD 18 November 1999. #Literature
Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners
And listen to the hiss of time outside."
✒ #PaulBowles, American composer and novelist ("The Sheltering Sky"), #DOTD 18 November 1999. #Literature
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"There is a way to master silence
Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners
And listen to the hiss of time outside."
✒ #PaulBowles, American composer and novelist ("The Sheltering Sky"), #DOTD 18 November 1999. #Literature
Control its curves, inhabit its dark corners
And listen to the hiss of time outside."
✒ #PaulBowles, American composer and novelist ("The Sheltering Sky"), #DOTD 18 November 1999. #Literature
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
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
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#paulbowles #theshelteringsky #soul #quotes
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“The soul is the weariest part of the body.” The Sheltering Sky
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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).
'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.
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#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
In 1928, Paul Bowles enrolled at the University of Virginia, where he experimented with inhaling ether and came into contact with a group of intellectuals. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#VirginiaUniversity #Intellectuals #paulbowles
#VirginiaUniversity #Intellectuals #paulbowles
August 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In 1928, Paul Bowles enrolled at the University of Virginia, where he experimented with inhaling ether and came into contact with a group of intellectuals. Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#VirginiaUniversity #Intellectuals #paulbowles
#VirginiaUniversity #Intellectuals #paulbowles
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life.
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #BelaBartok #HenryDunham #RudyBurkhardt #JosephLosey #VernonDuke
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #BelaBartok #HenryDunham #RudyBurkhardt #JosephLosey #VernonDuke
August 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life.
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #BelaBartok #HenryDunham #RudyBurkhardt #JosephLosey #VernonDuke
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #BelaBartok #HenryDunham #RudyBurkhardt #JosephLosey #VernonDuke
By the time of his death in #Tangier, Morocco, in 1999, #PaulBowles had become a legendary figure in modern literary culture. The range of his literary work includes poems, #shortstories, novels, #travelwriting, essays, music criticism, autobiography, and translations. www.paulbowles.org #gorevidal
August 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
By the time of his death in #Tangier, Morocco, in 1999, #PaulBowles had become a legendary figure in modern literary culture. The range of his literary work includes poems, #shortstories, novels, #travelwriting, essays, music criticism, autobiography, and translations. www.paulbowles.org #gorevidal
8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements: 1957 #experimentalfilm directed by #HansRichter, with contributing work by #MarcelDuchamp and #JeanCocteau.
Watch 16' of the film with #PaulBowles and #AhmedYacoubi in the film section of paulbowles.org website.
#cocteau #duchamp #film #phone
Watch 16' of the film with #PaulBowles and #AhmedYacoubi in the film section of paulbowles.org website.
#cocteau #duchamp #film #phone
August 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements: 1957 #experimentalfilm directed by #HansRichter, with contributing work by #MarcelDuchamp and #JeanCocteau.
Watch 16' of the film with #PaulBowles and #AhmedYacoubi in the film section of paulbowles.org website.
#cocteau #duchamp #film #phone
Watch 16' of the film with #PaulBowles and #AhmedYacoubi in the film section of paulbowles.org website.
#cocteau #duchamp #film #phone
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life.
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #marijuana #composer
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #marijuana #composer
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Year by year, milestones in Paul Bowels’s life.
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #marijuana #composer
Find out more at www.paulbowles.org.
#paulbowles #marijuana #composer