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Mysteries of The Six Gallery

by David S. Wills | Oct 7, 2023 | Essays | 0

Sixty-eight years ago today, six poets changed American literature forever with a powerful and now...

Remembering Michael

by David S. Wills | Nov 11, 2020 | Memoirs, Fiction & Poetry | 0

by Charles S. Goldman Michael McClure’s collection of short plays – Charles...

Sixty Years After the Six Gallery Reading

by David S. Wills | Oct 7, 2015 | Essays | 2

October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that...

“A Fish With Frog’s Eyes”: Bob Kaufman, George Romero and the Power of Radioactivity

by David S. Wills | Apr 23, 2014 | Beatdom Content | 0

By Kurt Kline In the poetry of Bob Kaufman, the poet is the healer, journeying down...

William Blake and the Beat Generation

by David S. Wills | Oct 30, 2012 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 1

William Blake’s influence on the Beat Generation is arguably more significant than that of any...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Tribute

by David S. Wills | Sep 28, 2010 | Beat News | 0

On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake’s 2010 Barbary Award at Herbst Theater. The celebration will be attended by Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Lenny...

“It was electric”: A conversation with Michael Sharp

by David S. Wills | Aug 24, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Interviews | 0

By Noel Dávila On Ginsberg’s anger & kindness, Kerouac’s “homo viator”,...

The Beat Generation and Travel

by David S. Wills | Feb 17, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 1

More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...

The Battle for Kerouac’s Estate

by David S. Wills | Jan 11, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays | 1

“Money is the root of all evil”For I willWriteIn my will“I regret that I was not ableTo love money more.”Jack Kerouac, 238th Chorus, Mexico City Blues Jack Kerouac died on October 21st, 1969, of cirrhosis of the liver. By the...