Allen Ginsberg was a true citizen of the world, at home wherever he travelled. Although he never actually left the United…
Tenements absorbed the sun to brick and spread the heat like a steam iron, pressing ideas flat, airless, into our…
“You never look at me from the place from which I see you.” – Jacques Lacan Introduction: The Photographs, The…
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #17: “We are in the middle of a bloody, heartrending revolution /…
Jack Kerouac was born on March 12th, 1922, meaning that today would've been his 95th birthday. Of course, he passed…
John Sampas, executor of the Jack Kerouac Estate, has passed away peacefully at home in Greenwich, Connecticut. A memorial will…
The Beat Generation, though small in numbers, had a profound effect on the American literary tradition. Coming into existence…
The world was a different place in post-war America. Suburbs were scant, malls were unheard of, and the nation was…
The generally accepted definition of the word “hipster” in 2017 is a young, non-traditional, counter-culture person who is an independent…
Later this month, Cambridge University Press is releasing The Cambridge Companion to the Beats, which features essays by Jonah Raskin, Regina Weinreich,…
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