Kerouac in Kobe
In the last Friday Round-up at the Allen Ginsberg Estate, I was alerted to a very interesting...
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Finally Brought to Light: Brenda Frazer’s My True Stories (2022)
My True Stories by Brenda Frazer, formerly Bonnie Bremser, is a collection of four previously...
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The Revitalized Beat Studies Association (Press Release)
The following is a note from the Beat Studies Association. SCHOLARS, INSTRUCTORS, STUDENTS, &...
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A Kerouac Centenary Celebration in England [Press Release]
In 2022, the centenary of one of the USA’s greatest writers is commemorated and this...
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Fear and Loathing at 50: A Misunderstood American Classic
Fifty years ago today, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” was first published on the pages of...
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Podcast About the Beat Generation
In a recent episode of Wondros, a podcast hosted by Jesse Dylan and Pricilla Cohen, Beatdom editor...
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New Beat Generation Books 2021
Though Kerouac and Cassady died more than fifty years ago and the Beat heyday was long before...
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Allen Ginsberg’s First Poem?
I was doing some research this morning for a forthcoming book about Hunter S. Thompson (who...
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“Howl” Continues to Offend in the Era of Tabloid Journalism
It should be of little surprise that Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” was at the heart of a debate about...
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Fifty Years After Kerouac
On this date, fifty years ago, Jack Kerouac passed away in St. Petersburg, Florida. The poet and...
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Beat Books 2019
In recent years, there has been a flurry of new beat books published about the writers and artists...
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in New York one hundred years ago today – 24th March, 1919....
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