Haruki Murakami and the Beat Generation
The Japanese author Haruki Murakami has become internationally renowned over the past few decades...
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On the Road: Ginsberg in Siem Reap & Other Beat Tales
The following is a transcript from a speech I gave recently at the Angkor International Festival...
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Corso Preferred America
Scholar Glenn Sheldon puts Beat poet Gregory Corso on trial in his book, South of Our Selves:...
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The Change: Allen Ginsberg, Reborn
This essay was originally published in Beatdom #21. On July 18th, 1963, Allen Ginsberg sat on a...
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Layover: An attempt to keep a journal |by Weldon Kees
In the late spring of 1939, Weldon Kees, his wife Ann, and his parents, John and Sarah—called...
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Metropolitan Greetings: Allen Ginsberg Behind the Iron Curtain (from Havana to Moscow)
In 1965, Allen Ginsberg traveled to Eastern Europe, visiting Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the...
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Fifty Years Ago, Hunter S. Thompson Took On Police Brutality
Hunter S. Thompson is best known for his bizarre Gonzo writing, which fused fiction and journalism...
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An Interview with Allen Ginsberg
This interview was conducted on 22nd May, 1988 at the Caffé Trieste in San Francisco. Am I a...
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Remembering Michael
by Charles S. Goldman Michael McClure’s collection of short plays – Charles...
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Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #20. It has been slightly revised to incorporate new...
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Why Did William Burroughs Shoot His Wife?
William Burroughs is largely known for three things. He was a junkie, he wrote Naked Lunch and he...
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A Sixty-Year History of The Rum Diary
Sixty years ago, on June 26th, 1960, an article with an odd title appeared in the Louisville...
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