The Best Beat Generation Letter Collections
The writers of the Beat Generation were not just great at composing poems or producing...
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Joan Anderson Letter Goes to Auction… Again
In 2014, the world of Beat Studies was rocked by the discovery of the Joan Anderson letter....
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The Joan Anderson Letter Goes to Auction
Almost two years ago the world of Beat studies was rocked by the discovery of a seemingly lost...
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My Favorite Playmate: A Daughter’s Loving Tribute to Neal Cassady
“He looks so old!” was my first thought as the hospital elevator doors parted, revealing my dad. ...
Read MoreReconsidering 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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At the End of the Road: Jack Kerouac in Mexico
In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in...
Read More Reconsidering the Importance of the Joan Anderson Letter
It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we...
Read More Neal Cassady’s “Joan Anderson Letter” Finally Found
“It was the greatest piece of writing I ever saw, better’n anybody in America, or at...
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The Greatest Road Movie Never Made
Brando should have played Dean; Jack’s 1957 letter to Marlon asking him to buy the film...
Read MoreWhy Can’t They Get It?
By Neil Reddy Originally published in Beatdom #14 There are two questions that have to be...
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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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Neal Cassady Birthday Bash
5th ANNUAL DENVER NEAL CASSADY BIRTHDAY BASH FEBRUARY 7th The Fifth Annual Neal Cassady Birthday...
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