What the Beats can teach us about writing

9 years ago

The Beat Generation was not just important as a countercultural movement. We don’t just remember Jack Kerouac for sending kids…

The Best Beat Generation Letter Collections

9 years ago

The writers of the Beat Generation were not just great at composing poems or producing genre-smashing novels. They were also…

The Beat Generation and Mental Hospitals

9 years ago

The 1940s and 50s were difficult years to be non-conformist, and that was doubly true if you were a woman.…

Beat Transnationalism Event

9 years ago

On October 4th, Howl! Happening is holding a publication party for John Tytell's new book, Beat Transnationalism. - published by…

The Beats in Greece

9 years ago

As the birthplace of Western democracy, literature, and philosophy, it is hardly surprising that Greece was of such interest to…

Feeling the Power: The Everlasting Impact of Hubert Selby Jr.’s Last Exit of Brooklyn

9 years ago

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

New Book: Jerry Rubin, Yippies, Chicago 8, Ginsberg, Dylan, John & Yoko

9 years ago

Announcing the first ever oral & visual history of Jerry Rubin & The Yippies - featuring Abbie Hoffman, Paul Krassner,…

Incredible Collection of Ginsberg Materials Now Online for Free

9 years ago

Stanford University has just added a staggering 2,141 digital files relating to Allen Ginsberg to its library website. Most of…

Aldous Huxley and Hunter S. Thompson: From Loathing and Fear to Fear and Loathing

9 years ago

What do Aldous Huxley and Hunter S. Thompson have in common? Both were great writers, of course. Both had a…

Remembering Jay DeFeo

9 years ago

I hopped the BART train for the short ride under the bay from Fremont to San Francisco. It was 1995…

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