Women and the Beat Generation: Literature, Art, Film

Conference at the University of Agder, Norway, September 2-4 2013 Organizers: Frida Forsgren and Michael J. Prince Keynote Speakers: Mary Kerr and Polina Mackay Papers and panel proposals are sought for a three-day conference on women and the... read more »

October 16, 2012 11:20 pm / no comments

Kerouac’s Quiff

Did this man invent the word "queef"? In Jack Kerouac’s book Vanity of Duluoz he refers to women as quiffs, which in my estimation, is too close to the modern day queef for there not to be any connection. Thinking I might be onto... read more »

March 8, 2012 2:26 am / 11 comments

Women of the Beat Generation

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 »

January 13, 2008 1:30 pm / 8 comments