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May 7, 2017 · William S. Burroughs and the Weird Cult, World Citizen: Allen Ginsberg as Traveller, and High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism. A list of highly recommended books about the Beat Generation, including biographies and literary studies of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs.
- Best Minds
These writers are obviously important in Beat history, but...
- Gifford
But that’s another story for another day… And despite their...
- The Kerouac Estate
The author of the brief update regarding the news...
- Beatdom #18
Very soon we will be releasing Beatdom #18, a special issue...
- A Report on The Final Academy: Then & Now
17 th October 2012 sees the publication of Academy 23, an...
- Submission Guidelines
These essays should be interesting and take a different...
- Joyce Johnson
Joyce Johnson’s role in Beat history is too often viewed...
- Best Minds
- On the Road Jack Kerouac.
- Howl and Other Poems Allen Ginsberg.
- The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac.
- Naked Lunch William S. Burroughs.
The most recommended Beat Generation books. Who picked these books? Meet our 16 experts. Ed Davis Author. Seth Wynes Author. Michael Stutz Author. +10. 16 authors created a book list connected to Beat Generation, and here are their favorite Beat Generation books. Shepherd is reader supported.
“It’s a sort of furtiveness … Like we were a generation of furtive. You know, with an inner knowledge there’s no use flaunting on that level, the level of the ‘public’, a kind of beatness – I mean, being right down to it, to ourselves, because we all really know where we are – and a weariness with all the forms, all the conventions of the world …
The collection that follows offers a sampling of work by poets associated with the Beat generation, including Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Michael McClure, and Diane Di Prima, along with essays, audio recordings, and discussions about their work and suggestions for further reading.
avg rating 4.02 — 94 ratings — published 2001. Books shelved as the-beat-generation: The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Junky by William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch by William...
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Subjects. North American Literatures. The Beat movement was America's first major Cold War literary movement. Originally a small circle of unpublished friends, it later became one of the most significant sources of contemporary counterculture, and the most successful free speech movement in American literature.
