Beatdom #6 is coming along nicely, and we’re all set for an April 2nd release. In this issue you’ll see a whole lot about travelling. We also have unpublished work by Alene Lee, and some poetry and fiction by old Beatdom favourites.
Just to whet you appetite, here’s a sample from Issue Six: an essay exploring where the Beats travelled and what they thought about travel, by Beatdom editor David S. Wills. This essay looks at the journeys taken by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gary Snyder, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Harold Norse and Bob Kaufman.
We often look to Jack Kerouac as the great backpacker, whose On the Road is credited with sending thousands of readers literally on the road… but he certainly wasn’t the perpetual traveller many think, and the other members of the Beat Generation – whom are less well known for their journeys – travelled far more.
Related posts:
Words by Nick Meador Illustration by Kaliptus (from issue 10, available at Amazon) Jack...
The next issue of Beatdom is nature-themed. Here's the cover, featuring Arthur Rimbaud: ...
A couple of days ago, Michael Stipe took the stage to introduce a night of celebrations of...
In November, Kitty Bruce, daughter and only survivor of comedy icon/legend Lenny Bruce, w...
“According to Brion Gysin, I was an Apprentice to an Apprentice and I have never claimed o...
The writers of the Beat Generation were not just great at composing poems or producing gen...
The beats had such wild lives compared to other writers. Sounds like an interesting essay!
I hope you like it.