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Book reviews on cannabis, marijuana, and pot related literature, cookbooks, and material.

Literature and Marijuana: Counter-Culture History Through the Years. Top Story - March 2017.
America's literary counter-culture movement began after the Mexican Revolution in 1910, when those to our South came northward, and, in turn, brought their natural relaxant with them: marijuana. Granted, the counter-culture had begun to start over in Europe long before America joined in on the fun. James Joyce had already kicked off the modernist movement with Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, a novel that deliberately broke every established rule of literature.
By Anthony Gramuglia9 years ago in Potent
Best Weed Cookbooks
Bringing together cooking and marijuana consumption is not a new concept, but it is one that has been taken to a new level in recent years. Typical baked goods and gummies are not the only thing on the menu any more, and the green palette has been expanded to include infused oils, spices, whole meals, and preserves.
By Ed Green9 years ago in Potent
Who Was Allen Ginsberg?
As a poet, Allen Ginsberg was able to relate his feelings on being homosexual and a marijuana smoker in his poetry, achieving the status of an almost mystic figure. He had an intense spiritual life and tried to expedite whatever came to his head, and to explore what his mind wanted to pursue.
By Wendy Weedler9 years ago in Potent
Inca Ink From Mama Coca by Antonil
A first-rate book can also be a letdown when seeds of greatness sprout in the opening leaves only to wither before harvest. Mama Coca is the best on the subject since W. Golden Mortimer's turn-of-the-century Peru: History of Coca—and not just because it's the only full-length study since then. For the most part, the uninomial author anchors his meticulous scholarship with firsthand knowledge and suspicious common sense.
By Aunt Mary9 years ago in Potent