Beat Generation Draft Cards
Born in the first half of the 20th century, the writers of the Beat Generation were all young men...
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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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A Restless Quest for Spiritual Freedom: Jack Kerouac, Hoboism, Zen Buddhism, and the Fellaheen Ethos
Jack Kerouac has certainly been and is still an inspiration for various groups of people coming...
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Jack Kerouac and Allan Temko: Contrasting Visions of the Sublime
One of Jack Kerouac’s closest friends and literary associates in the 1940s was a fellow aspiring...
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“Seems Like a Freeze-Out”: Bob Dylan as Honorary Beat
The mystery of “America” has consumed and eluded generations of creators in equal measure; a...
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Jack on Film
During the pandemic lockdown, I began a deep dive into film because for the first time all live...
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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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And The Rivers Thereof: A Review
I recently received a copy of Gregory Stephenson’s new book, And The Rivers Thereof: Reflections...
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Elvis Presley and the Beat Generation
There are various superficial connections between Elvis Presley and the writers of the Beat...
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The Many Names of Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac went by more than a few names, not just in his novels, where he used numerous aliases...
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Did Jack Kerouac Influence Haruki Murakami?
Earlier this year, I wrote about references to the Beats in the work of Japanese novelist Haruki...
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Kerouac in Kobe
In the last Friday Round-up at the Allen Ginsberg Estate, I was alerted to a very interesting...
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