On the Spot with the Golden Dot: The Spiritus of Gregory Corso
He was a hipster darling to reference on college campuses in the late 50s of the last century....
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Allen’s Buddhism
The following is an excerpt from Jacob Rabinowitz’s new book, Blame it on Blake: a memoir of dead...
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Allen Ginsberg in Asia
Asia had long been a source of inspiration and fascination for Allen Ginsberg by the time he...
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The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation
The 1950s in America was not a period known for its religious diversity. The spiritual consumerism...
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Gary Snyder: Heart-Beat – A Diptych
“From a certain point onward there is no turning back. This is the point that must be reached.”...
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Buddhists and Dharma Bums
Sometime in the early 1950s, the Beat Generation helped bring Buddhism to the West, or at least...
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The Dharma Bums: Judging a Book by its Cover
On Dave Moore’s wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group – a partner to the very...
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The Second Wave of American Interest in Japanese Culture: Alan Watts, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder
by Charlie Canning Photos by John La Farge and David S. Wills Since the Treaty of Kanagawa...
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Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face: Favorite Saint of Gabrielle Ange L’Evesque Kerouac
Thérèse Martin (1873-1897) was four years old when her mother died. She entered the Carmelite...
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American Zen
Zen Buddhism is nearly impossible to write about. The use of words and logic to explain Zen are in...
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Eating the Beat Menu
Words by Nick Meador Illustration by Kaliptus (from issue 10, available at Amazon) Jack Kerouac’s...
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by Paul Arendt Jack Kerouac’s surroundings invariably affected his writing style. Narrator Leo Percepied’s voice in The Subterraneans reflected Kerouac’s emergent interest in psychology, and the author’s vision of the...
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