Kerouac’s Buddhism: When, Where, and Why It Began
I’ve always gravitated to Jack Kerouac’s more spiritual nature—his thoughts on the big questions...
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Random Beat Documents
A few months ago, I posted this collection of Beat draft cards. Today, I would like to share a few...
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“He comes home to be fed” – Allen Ginsberg’s Parents Speak
A few days ago, whilst researching a project, I stumbled upon an interesting newspaper article...
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Beat Generation Draft Cards
Born in the first half of the 20th century, the writers of the Beat Generation were all young men...
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Gavin Arthur’s Bohemian Life
I first learned of Gavin Arthur through his various Beat connections, but in fact his trip through...
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ChatGPT Describes the Beats
Although I hate most uses of generative AI, I sometimes find myself curious about it. I think...
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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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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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Hope Savage
He that lives upon hope will die fasting. Benjamin Franklin The connection between hipsters and...
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