Debunking Hunter S. Thompson’s Daily Routine
Hunter S. Thompson once observed, quite astutely, that “Myths and legends die hard in...
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Category: Essays
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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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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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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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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The Howling Inferno: Crying Out in Anguish to America
But all the streets are burning everywhere. The city is burning these multitudes that climb Her...
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From “Philadelphia-Sigma subversion and insurrection” Center to Kingsley Hall: exploring the Laing-Trocchi-Berke connection
It should have been one of the most enduring countercultural unions of the century: Alex Trocchi,...
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The Protests of Ginsberg and Di Prima as Marginalized Minorities
There is nothing more American than a protest, than questioning authority and rebelling in the...
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