Mythmaking and the 6 Gallery
On October 7, 1955, Allen Ginsberg read the first part of his most famous poem, “Howl,” in a...
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Mysteries of The Six Gallery
Sixty-eight years ago today, six poets changed American literature forever with a powerful and now...
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Snyder, Kerouac, and the Dharma
The worlds like an endlessfour-dimensionalGame of Go. Riprap, Gary Snyder “All these people,” said...
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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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Turtle Island: An Eco-Critique of Capitalism
In the modern era the sustainability of both our daily lives and global systems has become an...
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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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Sixty Years After the Six Gallery Reading
October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that...
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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 Beat Generation at War
From Beatdom #15 – Available now on Amazon as a print and Kindle publication: The...
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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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