Beaten White
The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification...
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Category: Beatdom #16
Reconsidering Jack Kerouac a Half-Century Later
Not many prose writers alive (Céline, Genet, a few others) would dare the freedom and intelligence to trust their own minds, remember they made that jump, not censor it but write it down and discover its beauty. That’s what I...
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A Negative Score on the Happiness List: The Economics of Hustling in Bonnie Bremser’s For Love of Ray
Bonnie Bremser’s road book For Love of Ray gives a harrowing account of the effects of poverty on...
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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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