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The Burroughs Millions

by David S. Wills | Sep 5, 2015 | Beatdom #16, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 0 |

In Search of the Origin of Burroughs’ Mythical Trust Fund From Beatdom #16 William S. Burroughs...

Naked Performativity: Examining the Work of William Burroughs

by Katie Oates | Aug 16, 2015 | Beatdom #16, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 0 |

“When you look back over a year on the junk, it seems like no time at all” — William Burroughs,...

The Beats and the Beatles: two sides of the same coin

by Merel van 't Hooft | May 26, 2015 | Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 3 |

“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem...

The Dharma Bums: Judging a Book by its Cover

by David S. Wills | Mar 3, 2015 | Essays, Features | 1 |

On Dave Moore’s wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group – a partner to the very...

Reconsidering the Importance of the Joan Anderson Letter

by David S. Wills | Dec 16, 2014 | Essays, Features | 0 |

It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we...

Neal Cassady’s “Joan Anderson Letter” Finally Found

by David S. Wills | Nov 24, 2014 | Beat News, Features | 1 |

“It was the greatest piece of writing I ever saw, better’n anybody in America, or at...

Blood and Black Power on the Streets of Chicago

by David S. Wills | Nov 14, 2014 | Beatdom #15, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 0 |

This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. By Pat Thomas “Black Power:...

Hubert Selby Jr’s American Dream

by Ryan Leone | Oct 26, 2014 | Essays, Features | 5 |

The American Dream is the unifying theme across the work of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac...

War Upon War: The Second-Generation Beats and Postmemory

by Katie Stewart | Oct 15, 2014 | Beatdom #15, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 0 |

This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. Most of the...

The Beat Generation at War

by David S. Wills | Sep 13, 2014 | Beatdom #15, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 2 |

From Beatdom #15 – Available now on Amazon as a print and Kindle publication: The...

Setting Kerouac to Music: An Interview with Kubilay Uner

by David S. Wills | Jul 29, 2014 | Beatdom #14, Beatdom Content, Features, Interviews | 0 |

This article originally appeared in Beatdom #14 – the MOVIE issue. Kubilay Uner is...

From Albion to Shangri-La

by Matthew Levi Stevens | Jul 23, 2014 | Beatdom #15, Beatdom Content, Features, Reviews | 0 |

From Albion to Shangri-La consists of collected excerpts from Peter Doherty’s journals, circa 2008...

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