The Birth of a Writer
The following is a short excerpt from David S. Wills’ forthcoming High White Notes: The Rise...
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High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism
High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism aims to provide the first in-depth...
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Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #20. It has been slightly revised to incorporate new...
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Enter the Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson was no Beat writer but as an important figure in 20th century countercultural...
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From Fitzgerald’s Green Light to Thompson’s Wave
Hunter S. Thompson is one of those literary figures who, like the Beat Generation writers, divides...
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Gonzo Personas: Hunter S. Thompson and John G. Clancy
This article first appeared in Beatdom #17. A little over 10 years ago—February 20, 2005—“gonzo”...
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Hunter S. Thompson Translated into Chinese
In the past few months, we’ve brought you news about Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and...
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The Rum Diary and the Youth of Hunter S. Thompson
Update: There is a much more detailed exploration of The Rum Diary here. One mustn’t forget, in...
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Fact and Fiction in Fear and Loathing
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is now...
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Ruben Salazar was killed by a police officer on August 29, 1970. The journalist was killed in...
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Hell’s Angels: The Precursor of Gonzo
*The following is the first in a series of columns by Beatdom editor, David S. Wills, concerning...
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Review: The Rum Diary (2011)
Review by Jamie Pinnock Over a decade following his psychedelic explosion onto the silver-screen...
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