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Groundhog, do you burrow like William Seward Burroughs? In a windowless bunker at 222 Bowery? (back in the bad old days on Bowery) Chipmunk, do you burrow like William S. Burroughs? Boro Cooling and Heating, LLC, you provide comfort to the houses... 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 »
One of the many rewarding aspects of editing Beatdom is that of reading a fine new piece of writing or viewing a great new art submission. Sometimes readers send works which are not intended for publication but are wondrous and shared simply... read more »
This interview originally appeared in Beatdom #12 – the CRIME issue. You can purchase it on Amazon and Kindle. Amiri Baraka is Beat. He walked away from the scene in Greenwich Village, where he edited literary journals Yugen, Kulchur,... read more »
Is this a punk flick? Maybe a beat-punk film? Celluloid where punk and beat meet? Characters are beat, get beaten, there’s a beat hotel, but a punk by any name is still a punk. Drugstore Cowboy is a great little American movie set in 1971... 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 »
But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency, immorality, amorality … woe unto those who attack it on the grounds that they simply don’t understand history and the yearning of human... read more »
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!!!! That’s right, ladies and gentleman. Beatdom #12 – the CRIME issue – is now on sale. You can purchase your copy on Kindle or good old dead tree format, both from... read more »
The first long feature documentary about iconic writer William S. Burroughs, one of the most radically subversive literary figures of the 20th century and Godfather to the Beat poets such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, is set to be restored... read more »
We found this while doing some research on the Charters’ Book, “Brother-Souls:John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation. It has only had 79 views so far, so enjoy something new!!! Read a review of their book and learn... read more »
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Clara:
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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...
