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“Scientology was useful to me until it became a religion, and I have no use for religion. It’s just another one of those control-addict trips and we can all do without those.” This essay would be a lot easier to write without using... read more »
“Women of the Beat weren’t afraid to get dirty. They were compassionate, careless,charismatic, marching to a different drummer, out of step. Muses who birthed a poetryso raw and new and full of power that it changed the world. Writers... read more »
More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have helped shape our perceptions of the world around us. From obvious influences on hitch-hiking to more serious questions relating to the environment,... read more »
by Steven O’Sullivan It’s like a compass. A compass operates on magnetics. People always seem to be in such a rush to articulate themselves. But maybe we just can’t articulate certain emotions. Maybe there’s just those... read more »
by David S. Wills The novel does not obviously lend itself to adaptation for the screen: it has dozens of characters, few of whom are developed from their initial appearance; the action is set in cities all over the world; it is composed of... read more »
by David S. Wills In Issue Two of Beatdom, we ran a story about the women of the Beat Generation, and we obviously talked a little about Joan Vollmer. However, we didn’t say enough to do her justice, for she was a fascinating character who... read more »
History has not been kind to the women of the Beat Generation. Their presence is largely unknown to most casual readers, and considered largely unimportant to those who would delve a little further. Perhaps it is because the feminists that followed... read more »
Wills, D., ‘Six Beat Tales’ in Wills, D. (ed.) Beatdom Vol. 1, (City of Recovery Press: Dundee, 2007) Six Beat Tales The Beat Generation was famous for its literature, and much of that literature told stories from the lives of the... read more »
Wills, D., ‘Know Your Beats’ in Wills, D. (ed.), Beatdom Vol. 1 (City of Recovery Press: Dundee, 2007) Know Your Beats There are a whole lot of ways to define the Beat Generation, from friends to like-minded artists, from Black ... read more »
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I’m a journalism student writing an article about the influence of the Be...
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