New Beat Generation Books 2021
Though Kerouac and Cassady died more than fifty years ago and the Beat heyday was long before...
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What the Beats can teach us about writing
The Beat Generation was not just important as a countercultural movement. We don’t just remember...
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12 Essential Books About the Beat Generation
The Beat Generation are an often misunderstood group of souls. Even figuring out who and what they...
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Beat Family Values: The Typical American Family, and the Beats’ Roll in its Downfall
The Beat Movement scared the hell out of America. After all, the Beats were dirty, they...
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Defining Beat: Era, Location, and the Importance of Considering Women
The Beat Generation, though small in numbers, had a profound effect on the American...
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When was ‘Beat’ First Written?
On this blog, we’ve previously discussed the surprisingly difficult question of what the...
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Review: The Best Minds of My Generation
There are so many books about the Beat Generation that focus on the writers’ roles as rebels and...
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Beats or Beatniks
You might well wonder what a beatnik is or who the Beat Generation were. Many people do… so...
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East Coast Beats vs. West Coast Beats
The Beats as we know them are a New York City phenomena and walk hand in hand with Abstract...
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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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The Beats and the Beatles: two sides of the same coin
“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem...
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At the End of the Road: Jack Kerouac in Mexico
In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in...
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