James Penner

Bylines:@LAReviewofbooks, @AltaJournal, @lucidnewssite; author of Pinks, Pansies, and Punks: the Rhetoric of Masculinity and Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years.

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

@Djoko_UTD Moonballs are a great tactic. Nothing shameful about them.

[Psychedelic Press @psypre]

Great article exploring a Huxley family trip by @JamesLPenner

https://t.co/hu8VALrIdM

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

My new article on the LSD Trip that divided the Huxley family. This piece for #psypre is longer the piece that was published in https://t.co/8p3EQEChNR in April. It also focuses more on Aldous's relationship with his son, Matthew Huxley.

https://t.co/HLRt2Oiih7

[Sam Woolfe @samwoolfe]

"But perhaps psychiatrist Sidney Cohen came closest to understanding what had really happened to the Huxleys when he wrote that “LSD does nothing specific … it springs the latch of disinhibition.”"

Fascinating article from @EdPrideaux and @JamesLPenner https://t.co/D6oCAFObZI

[Psychedelic Press @psypre]

“They really did share this belief in p£ychedelics as a way to augment the psyche, heal the world. ‘True belief’ really enabled that behavior, but ‘ego inflation’ actually got in their way” - Susannah Cahalan

Interview by @JamesLPenner

https://t.co/7zD7nNPbMn

[Salon @Salon]

A trip too far: The LSD experience that blew up the Huxley family https://t.co/if56GSzFq5

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

The LSD trip that was too weird for the Huxleys.

A collaboration with my good friend @EdPrideaux
https://t.co/W9bMRTn3ct

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

"Robbins identified his main themes as transformation, liberation, and celebration, with plenty of paradox and irreverence thrown in." Gary Lippman remembers his friend, the late American author Tom Robbins. https://t.co/eGKhJNPWGE

[Michael Pollan @michaelpollan]

New California bills focus on veterans; the State of Psychedelics; Death penalty for dealers? https://t.co/ebuK9xz4Qo

[Psychedelic Press @psypre]

Fascinating interview about ayahuasca with Ernesto Londoño conducted by @JamesLPenner

https://t.co/GLWdIX0nTz

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

Ernesto Londono, a NY Times War Correspondent, takes #Ayahuasca in the Amazonian jungle; this article looks at his encounter with the mysterious, mind-altering plant.

#Londonoe #lucidnews

https://t.co/DabFKmUSv6

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

https://t.co/ElCIHCFIfU

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

Twenty years after Thom Gunn's death, we learn the real story behind the poet's tragic death. I review #MichaelNott's engaging biography for #AltaJournal.

[Alta Journal @AltaJournal]

Michael Nott’s colossal biography "Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life" begins with the death of Gunn's mother.

"Nott steers clear of hagiography and makes no attempt to shield us from chaotic or unpleasant truths," writes @JamesLPenner. https://t.co/zzxydNVm31

[Psychedelic Press @psypre]

Delightful review of Cobweb of Trips: A literary history of p$ychedelics, and Q&A with author Robert Dickins

"Dickins enjoys finding unsung psychedelic players who lurk in the margins of history."

@JamesLPenner @cofgodas

https://t.co/n7aJeDa5Y0

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

My interview with Rob Dickins of #PsychedelicPress is up. We discuss his fascinating new book, "Cobweb of Trips."
Recovering the Psychedelic Players from the Margins of History https://t.co/4W7ffkFWL1 via @lucidnewssite @cofgodas

[James Penner @JamesLPenner]

My review of Michael Nott's Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life for @AltaJournal. Its the first biography of Thom Gunn to appear. #ThomGunn #FarrarStrausGiroux

https://t.co/k5RzRgIeQT

[Alta Journal @AltaJournal]

Michael Nott’s colossal biography "Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life" begins with the death of Gunn's mother.

"Nott steers clear of hagiography and makes no attempt to shield us from chaotic or unpleasant truths," writes @JamesLPenner. https://t.co/FajeJU8Ndp

[Psychedelic Press @psypre]

Our new book, Cobweb of Trips, takes Aldous Huxley's suggestion that certain drugs might make 'this trivial world sublime' and asks how this influenced psychedelia in the mid-20th century ⬇️

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[Psychedelic Press @psypre]

Thoroughly enjoying 'Psychedelics: A Visual Odyssey' by @erikadyckhist

❤️📖

Review coming soon ✍️

[Erika Dyck @erikadyckhist]

June 12 is "Tram Day" celebrating Susi Ramstein - the first woman to take LSD, and Hofmann's assistant who kept track of him on Bicycle Day. Check out the live streaming event by the Women's Visionary Congress - https://t.co/QyUrIHiV4h
#psychedelicwomen