Gary Snyder Archives

The Intersection of Buddhism and the Beat Generation

by Sean Negus | Mar 10, 2018 | Beatdom #18, Beatdom Content, Essays | 0 |

The 1950s in America was not a period known for its religious diversity. The spiritual consumerism...

Gary Snyder: Heart-Beat – A Diptych

by Scott Hartman | Jun 4, 2017 | Essays | 0 |

“From a certain point onward there is no turning back. This is the point that must be reached.”...

Buddhists and Dharma Bums

by Karen Dewar | Jan 23, 2017 | Essays | 0 |

Sometime in the early 1950s, the Beat Generation helped bring Buddhism to the West, or at least...

Turtle Island: An Eco-Critique of Capitalism

by Elizabeth Lee Reynolds | Nov 8, 2016 | Beatdom #17, Beatdom Content, Essays | 0 |

In the modern era the sustainability of both our daily lives and global systems has become an...

East Coast Beats vs. West Coast Beats

by Seth Kupchick | Dec 27, 2015 | Essays | 0 |

The Beats as we know them are a New York City phenomena and walk hand in hand with Abstract...

Sixty Years After the Six Gallery Reading

by David S. Wills | Oct 7, 2015 | Essays | 2 |

October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that...

The Dharma Bums: Judging a Book by its Cover

by David S. Wills | Mar 3, 2015 | Essays, Features | 1 |

On Dave Moore’s wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group – a partner to the very...

The Beat Generation at War

by David S. Wills | Sep 13, 2014 | Beatdom #15, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 2 |

From Beatdom #15 – Available now on Amazon as a print and Kindle publication: The...

The Second Wave of American Interest in Japanese Culture: Alan Watts, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder

by David S. Wills | Oct 14, 2013 | Beatdom #13, Beatdom Content, Essays, Features | 1 |

by Charlie Canning Photos by John La Farge and David S. Wills Since the Treaty of Kanagawa...

American Zen

by David S. Wills | Feb 21, 2013 | Beatdom #12, Beatdom Content, Essays | 0 |

Zen Buddhism is nearly impossible to write about. The use of words and logic to explain Zen are in...

Tristessa: Heavengoing

by David S. Wills | Jan 28, 2012 | Beatdom #10, Beatdom Content, Essays | 1 |

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...

Submissions Now Open for Nature Issue

by David S. Wills | Jan 27, 2012 | Beatdom Updates | 1 |

As we move towards our 5th anniversary (that’s in May, folks, get ready to celebrate!) Beatdom is putting together its eleventh issue. The theme of this upcoming issue is Nature. That’s right, another fairly obvious topic,...

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