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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Read MoreBeatdom 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.