John Clellon Holmes’ Existentialist Dilemma
Photo Copyright 2022 Mellon Tytell In her essay, “John Clellon Holmes and Existentialism”, Ann...
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Reconsidering Jack Kerouac a Half-Century Later
Not many prose writers alive (Céline, Genet, a few others) would dare the freedom and intelligence to trust their own minds, remember they made that jump, not censor it but write it down and discover its beauty. That’s what I...
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Go… the Summer, Fall, and Winter of Discontent
The summer, the fall, and the winter of discontent, shovel after shovel of snow that turns to...
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Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation
We recently passed a watershed moment in modern American literature, as November, 2012, marked...
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What to Expect from Beatdom #12
It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!!!! That’s right, ladies and...
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Dig This ~ Ann and Samuel Charters Read Beat Poetry
We found this while doing some research on the Charters’ Book, Brother-Souls:John Clellon...
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Beatdom 12 ~ The Crime Issue ~ Coming Soon!!!
Yes, friends, Beatdom Issue Twelve is on it’s way and today we unveil the cover, featuring...
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The Nature of Beatdom Issue 11
Dear Readers, We certainly hope that you like to look at pictures – because this is about as...
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Death Within a Chrysalis
At the turn of the 1960s, Jack Kerouac found himself in a profound state of limbo, the climax of...
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The Beat Generation and Travel
More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...
Read MoreLady Beats
by Hannah Withrow 1 I begin my immersion into female Beat writers fittingly with Diane di Prima; referred to in one anthology as “Poet Priestess,” she is one of the more well-known of these women. My introduction to her large...
Read MoreVisions of Vollmer
by David S. Wills In Issue Two of Beatdom, we ran a story about the women of the Beat Generation, and we obviously talked a little about Joan Vollmer. However, we didn’t say enough to do her justice, for she was a fascinating...
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