The Burroughs Millions
In Search of the Origin of Burroughs’ Mythical Trust Fund From Beatdom #16 William S. Burroughs...
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Naked Performativity: Examining the Work of William Burroughs
“When you look back over a year on the junk, it seems like no time at all” — William Burroughs,...
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The Beats and the Beatles: two sides of the same coin
“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem...
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The Dharma Bums: Judging a Book by its Cover
On Dave Moore’s wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group – a partner to the very...
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Reconsidering the Importance of the Joan Anderson Letter
It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we...
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Neal Cassady’s “Joan Anderson Letter” Finally Found
“It was the greatest piece of writing I ever saw, better’n anybody in America, or at...
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Blood and Black Power on the Streets of Chicago
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. By Pat Thomas “Black Power:...
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Hubert Selby Jr’s American Dream
The American Dream is the unifying theme across the work of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac...
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War Upon War: The Second-Generation Beats and Postmemory
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. Most of the...
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The Beat Generation at War
From Beatdom #15 – Available now on Amazon as a print and Kindle publication: The...
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Setting Kerouac to Music: An Interview with Kubilay Uner
This article originally appeared in Beatdom #14 – the MOVIE issue. Kubilay Uner is...
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From Albion to Shangri-La
From Albion to Shangri-La consists of collected excerpts from Peter Doherty’s journals, circa 2008...
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