The Revitalized Beat Studies Association (Press Release)

The following is a note from the Beat Studies Association.

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SCHOLARS, INSTRUCTORS, STUDENTS, & ENTHUSIASTS OF THE BEAT GENERATION MOVEMENT

 BECOME PART OF THE REVITALIZED BSA NOW!  JOIN NOW & GET THE NEW Journal of Beat Studies #9   

The membership year runs until December 31, 2022.

$60 Regular/$65 International

$40 Students/Independent/Retired Instructors/$45 International 

To join the BSA, please go to http://beatstudies.org/join/

Membership benefits include:   

• eligibility to receive the print edition of the Journal of Beat Studies sent to your mailing address   

• eligibility to submit essays to the Journal of Beat Studies   

• eligibility to attend and/or present at Beat Studies Association conferences   

• eligibility to present on Beat Studies Association panels at  MLA, ALA, and other conferences   

• ability to receive the latest news and announcements from the BSA Beat Discussion Board   

Journal of Beat Studies #9 Includes: 

Article:   

•Deborah R. Geis, “Angelheaded (Neo-)Hipsters: Two Cultural Re-productions of Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’” 

The Beat Interview:      

 •A. Robert Lee, “Life Within Life: Clive Matson Interview” 

Commemorations:   

•Mary Paniccia Carden, “Revolutionary Poet: Diane di Prima, 1934-2020”   

•Jane Falk, “Michael McClure: ‘ALCHEMIST OF FLESH,’ 1932-2020”  

•Estíbaliz Encarnación-Pinedo, “I see you dancing: ruth weiss, word and legacy, 1928-2020”   

Reviews:    

•Nathaniel Cadle, Understanding William S. Burroughs by Gerald Alva Miller, Jr.   

•Daniel Kane, In the Rebel Café: Interviews with Ed Sanders, edited by Jennie Skerl   

•Eric Keenaghan, The Householders: Robert Duncan and Jess by Tara McDowell   

•Amor Kohli, A Black Arts Poetry Machine: Amiri Baraka and the Umbra Poets by David Grundy   

•Fiona Paton, The Beats: Authorships, Legacies by A. Robert Lee and The Beats: A Literary    History by Steven Belletto   

THE NEW BSA BOARD:
•President – Matt Theado, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies 

•Vice President – Hassan Melehy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
•Treasurer – Steven Belletto, Lafayette College 

•Secretary – Kurt Hemmer, Harper College  

•Board Member-at-Large – Deborah Geis, DePauw University  

•Board Member-at-Large – Mary Paniccia Carden, Edinboro University  

•Managing Editor of JBS – Erik Mortenson, Lake Michigan College  

•Communications Manager – John Whalen-Bridge, National University of Singapore 

JOIN THIS REVITALIZED ORGANIZATION NOW!