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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by David S. Wills | Oct 7, 2024 | Essays | 2
On October 7, 1955, Allen Ginsberg read the first part of his most famous poem, “Howl,” in a...
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Sixty-eight years ago today, six poets changed American literature forever with a powerful and now...
Read Moreby Simon Scott | Oct 4, 2019 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 2
The worlds like an endlessfour-dimensionalGame of Go. Riprap, Gary Snyder “All these people,” said...
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The 1950s in America was not a period known for its religious diversity. The spiritual consumerism...
Read Moreby Scott Hartman | Jun 4, 2017 | Essays | 1
“From a certain point onward there is no turning back. This is the point that must be reached.”...
Read Moreby Karen Dewar | Jan 23, 2017 | Essays | 0
Sometime in the early 1950s, the Beat Generation helped bring Buddhism to the West, or at least...
Read Moreby Elizabeth Lee Reynolds | Nov 8, 2016 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 0
In the modern era the sustainability of both our daily lives and global systems has become an...
Read Moreby 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...
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October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that...
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On Dave Moore’s wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group – a partner to the very...
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From Beatdom #15 – Available now on Amazon as a print and Kindle publication: The...
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by Charlie Canning Photos by John La Farge and David S. Wills Since the Treaty of Kanagawa...
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