Allen Ginsberg’s Lifelong Commitment to Political Poetry and to Progressive Activist Causes
Editor’s note: This essay, written by Eliot Katz, author of The Poetry and Politics of Allen...
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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 | 6 |
Editor’s Note: Eliot Katz has issued a response to this essay, which can be read here....
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If you Google “Allen Ginsberg and Richard Brautigan,” you won’t find many relevant search...
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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...
Read Moreby Kirby Olson | Oct 28, 2021 | Essays | 0 |
Scholar Glenn Sheldon puts Beat poet Gregory Corso on trial in his book, South of Our Selves:...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Jul 12, 2021 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 1 |
This essay was originally published in Beatdom #21. On July 18th, 1963, Allen Ginsberg sat on a...
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In 1965, Allen Ginsberg traveled to Eastern Europe, visiting Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Apr 29, 2021 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 0 |
Hunter S. Thompson is best known for his bizarre Gonzo writing, which fused fiction and journalism...
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This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #20. It has been slightly revised to incorporate new...
Read Moreby David S. Wills | Jun 26, 2020 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 0 |
Sixty years ago, on June 26th, 1960, an article with an odd title appeared in the Louisville...
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