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The Beat Generation was an important literary and cultural movement and, as such, it is often...

by David S. Wills | Sep 21, 2017 | Essays | 0

The Beat Generation was not just important as a countercultural movement. We don’t just remember...

by James Burt | Aug 5, 2017 | Essays | 0

“…You men writers always put your balls in the way of the story…get your ego out of the way and...

by David S. Wills | Dec 15, 2016 | Essays | 1

You might well wonder what a beatnik is or who the Beat Generation were. Many people do… so...

by David S. Wills | Dec 16, 2014 | Essays | 0

It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we...

As an MFA fiction student at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University...

On May 15, Patti Smith told us about her new record, Banga, and some of the source for the title...