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With the success of On the Road, all eyes are now on the next adaptation of a Kerouac novel: Big Sur. beatdomdavidDavid S. Wills is the founder and editor of Beatdom magazine and the author of The Dog Farm. He travels a lot, and is... read more »
by Chris Dickerson Certain cities belong to a few writers. They may not own the towns exclusively, but they’ve put their stamp on them so indelibly in their books and stories that anybody who writes about the places after them can’t... read more »
To celebrate crossing a small milestone (900 followers) we are giving away copies of our two most recent publications: Larry Beckett’s Beat Poetry and David S. Wills’ Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult’. To... read more »
David S. Wills’ ground-breaking text, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult’ is now available on Amazon as both a paperback and a Kindle ebook. It will soon be available through the Beatdom Books website. While... read more »
Joyce Johnson’s role in Beat history is too often viewed simply as that of Jack Kerouac’s girlfriend. There is surprise when one first learns that she was a novelist in her own right and at the disdain for her position as a scholar of... read more »
It’s that time again. Time to get back to work on another issue of Beatdom. As usual, we have a theme, and this time it’s DRINKING. How did it take so long to get to here, you might well ask. Well, we’ve had a lot of fun exploring... read more »
In the seventies and eighties, William S. Burroughs began to tour America doing public readings. These were, to him, performances. He spent a long time preparing for them, and talked at length on subjects close to his heart. He also read from... read more »
In order for Beatdom Books to move forward and deliver to its customers the best products in the most convenient manner, we have done our best to provide a quality online presence. Sadly, without much in the way of income, we have been unable... read more »
Apologies to those of you who attempted to access our website throughout late January and early February. This site was hit by a particularly nasty hacker, who disabled all features. We were able to get the website back online after maybe two... read more »
Cabell McLean (5th February 1952 – 1st December 2004) “Boulder at sunrise… .36-caliber pistol… It was me all the time of course… Cabell was me… the curse came down from me….” – William S.... read more »
Sujit Phatak:
Thanks for the article. Never knew this about HST, then again I am very new to h...
Matthew Levi Stevens:
Should anybody need any further convincing about David's excellent book, I have ...
Clara:
Hi,
I’m a journalism student writing an article about the influence of the Be...
james wireman:
hey david, I just stumbled across your site and magazine. How great it is to fin...
R. W. Watkins:
As far as fiction goes, you forgot Shadows (circa 1960) by John Cassavettes. Al...
