Elvis Presley and the Beat Generation
There are various superficial connections between Elvis Presley and the writers of the Beat...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Jul 4, 2023 | Essays | 0
There are various superficial connections between Elvis Presley and the writers of the Beat...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Jun 19, 2023 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 0
Jack Kerouac went by more than a few names, not just in his novels, where he used numerous aliases...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Jun 15, 2023 | Essays | 0
As someone who has written extensively on the life and work of Allen Ginsberg, I find it quite...
Read Moreby Alexandre Ferrere | May 23, 2023 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 0
The essay was published in Beatdom #23. It has been posted online to coincide with the...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Oct 1, 2022 | Essays | 0
The following is an excerpt from Bill Morgan’s forthcoming book, Thomas Merton, Lawrence...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Sep 28, 2022 | Essays | 0
This essay first appeared in the chapbook, BUK100: My Old Man (Newington Press). When you talk...
Read Moreby Eliot Katz | Jul 2, 2022 | Essays | 6
Editor’s note: This essay, written by Eliot Katz, author of The Poetry and Politics of Allen...
Read Moreby Kirby Olson | Jun 15, 2022 | Essays | 7
Editor’s Note: Eliot Katz has issued a response to this essay, which can be read here....
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Jun 7, 2022 | Essays | 1
If you Google “Allen Ginsberg and Richard Brautigan,” you won’t find many relevant search...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Apr 11, 2022 | Essays | 4
Hunter S. Thompson once observed, quite astutely, that “Myths and legends die hard in...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Jan 8, 2022 | Essays | 0
The Japanese author Haruki Murakami has become internationally renowned over the past few decades...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Dec 19, 2021 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 0
The following is a transcript from a speech I gave recently at the Angkor International Festival...
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