Allen Ginsberg’s Lifelong Commitment to Political Poetry and to Progressive Activist Causes
Editor’s note: This essay, written by Eliot Katz, author of The Poetry and Politics of Allen...
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Beat Family Values: The Typical American Family, and the Beats’ Roll in its Downfall
The Beat Movement scared the hell out of America. After all, the Beats were dirty, they...
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The Flying Dutchman:
An Overview of LeRoi Jones’ Greatest Commentary on the Struggle of the Black Man and Racial...
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World Citizen: How Politics Shaped the Travels of Allen Ginsberg, and How Travel Shaped his Politics
This essay first appeared in Beatdom #17, which you can find on Amazon. As a child, Allen Ginsberg...
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Turtle Island: An Eco-Critique of Capitalism
In the modern era the sustainability of both our daily lives and global systems has become an...
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Ginsberg and the Machinery of Capitalism: A Political Reading of Howl
In this essay, I use a Marxist lens to examine Allen Ginsberg’s controversial and groundbreaking...
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The Politics of the Wild Boys
In anticipation of Beatdom #17 – the POLITICS issue – we’re releasing this...
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The Complicated Politics of the Beat Triumvirate
There is much about the Beat Generation that is shrouded in confusion. Oftentimes it stems from...
Read MoreThe Poetry and Politics of Allen Ginsberg
To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Six Gallery reading – at which Allen Ginsberg first read from his poem, “Howl” – Beatdom Books is delighted to announce the latest in its series of Beat...
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Blood and Black Power on the Streets of Chicago
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. By Pat Thomas “Black Power:...
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