Women of the Beat Generation
History has not been kind to the women of the Beat Generation. Their presence is largely unknown...
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Category: Beatdom #2
Stevia: A Bitter/Sweet Story
Wills, D. and Bisset, K., ‘Stevia: A Bitter/Sweet Story’ in Wills, D., (ed.) Beatdom Vol. 2 (City of Recovery Press: Dundee, 2008) Stevia: A Bitter/Sweet Story By Kirsty Bisset and David S Wills – –...
Read MoreSaving Bukowski’s Bungalow
Bukowski’s long gone, though his Bungalow still stands, but not for long unless we DO something about it! A few years back Mrs Benway and I went to Key West where we saw Ernest Hemingway’s house, writing studio and a...
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The Life of Gregory Corso
The life of Gregory Corso
Read MoreNeeli Cherkovski Interview
An interview with Neeli Cherkovski.
Read MoreThe Philosophy of Advertising
Beatdom strives to keep itself relevant. It began as a project to keep its staff reading Kerouac and Ginsberg, to give us an excuse to do what we love and call it work… But at times it becomes work. No one at Beatdom works...
Read MoreThe Outsiders Review
Wayne Ewing became a personal hero of mine when he made a fantastic trilogy of documentaries about the late, great Dr. Hunter S Thompson. When I discovered he was putting together a documentary about the eccentric publishers of...
Read MoreRise of the Appliances
by Emily Maggard I have decided that my house is out to get me. Some force is testing me, trying to push me to my limits, and then laughing as I folly. Isn’t it enough I just got laid off, with no pay, had to humble myself...
Read MoreI Saw Mike Huckabee kissing Santa Claus
by Paul Kay WASHINGTON(AP) — Republican front-runner Mike Huckabee was caught tonight inside the Hyatt Regency Washington embracing Santa Claus. Mickey Westport, 8, caught the former governor with his hands stroking the...
Read MoreOutlaw Traveller
Here we are lucky enough to have an except from the Outlaw Traveller journals of Marc____. These journals document a Kerouac-inspired journey around Europe and America, and shall appear, serialised, here in Beatdom. But I’ll let...
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On the Road… by John Kerouac?
Note the message in the top right corner: Dear Mr. Wyn: I submit this as my idea of an appealing...
Read MoreNo Great Society
Dances With Jack In 1968, a year before his death, a grumpy, overweight and drunk Jack Kerouac appeared on William F. Buckley’s ‘Firing Line’ television show. The resulting show went down in Beat and TV history, as an outright...
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