Enter the Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson was no Beat writer but as an important figure in 20th century countercultural...
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Category: Reviews
The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo: A Review
Like many people, the limited knowledge that I had of Oscar Zeta Acosta came to me through the...
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Beyond Jazz: Kerouac and Music
The links between the Beat Generation and music seem obvious, and many of them have been pretty...
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Women Writers of the Beat Era: A Review
In Women Writers of the Beat Era: Autobiography and Intertextuality, Mary Paniccia Carden argues...
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Ginsberg Goes Behind Enemy Lines: A Review of Iron Curtain Journals
In 1965, Allen Ginsberg jumped at the chance to peek behind enemy lines with a visit to communist...
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Angry Young Men Become Nice Old Men: A Review of Don’t Hide the Madness
In March, 1992, Allen Ginsberg visited his old friend, William S. Burroughs, at his home in...
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The Revised Boy Scout Manual: Burroughs on Fake News and Scientology
Ohio State University Press has recently published a “lost masterpiece” by William S. Burroughs,...
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Review: Translating the Counterculture
Erik Mortenson’s Translating the Counterculture: The Reception of the Beats in Turkey examines the...
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After Me, The Deluge: Considering Kerouac’s Final Statement
An artistic and introverted spirit, Jack Kerouac never set out to become the leader of one of the...
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Review: Hip Sublime
It always amazes me that after so many decades of scholarship, there is always a new way of...
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Review: First Thought
First Thought: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg, edited by Michael Schumacher, is not the first...
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Review: I Am The Revolutionary
Paul Maher Jr has written an intimate, interesting look at the life of Jack Kerouac – not the...
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