Beatdom is a literary journal that focuses on the Beat Generation and related countercultural movements. It was founded in 2007 by David S. Wills and is published annually in May. We publish essays, interviews, reviews, memoirs, art, poetry, and fiction that are in some way related to the Beat writers, such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.
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Mythmaking and the 6 Gallery
On October 7, 1955, Allen Ginsberg read the first part of his most famous poem, “Howl,” in a...
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A Message from Victor Bockris
An Open Letter to My Readers on Publication of the Burroughs-Warhol Connection Dear Reader, I am...
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Beatdom #25 – Call for Submissions
Last year, we announced the dates and details of the next three issues of Beatdom. (You can see...
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Ten Times a Poet: A Review
The Beat era may have ended long ago, but in the last few decades there has been a resurgence of...
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“Howl” by AI Ginsberg
Generative AI seems to be taking over the world. Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022,...
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The (Un)Erotic Community of Bodies: From Walt Whitman to the Beats
Elisa Sabbadin, University College Cork, School of English, PhD Farid Ghadami, Univ Paris Est...
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The Death of David Kammerer: 80 Years Later
The story of Lucien Carr killing David Kammerer is well-trodden ground in Beat circles, but like...
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A Restless Quest for Spiritual Freedom: Jack Kerouac, Hoboism, Zen Buddhism, and the Fellaheen Ethos
Jack Kerouac has certainly been and is still an inspiration for various groups of people coming...
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First Draft, Best Draft?
Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” is one of the best-known poems of the twentieth century, its opening line...
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Beatdom Books was founded in 2010 and publishes books about the Beat Generation. We have published books about Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diane di Prima, Hunter S. Thompson, and many other great writers.
