On this blog, we've previously discussed the surprisingly difficult question of what the Beat Generation was, and later, what the…
In 2014, the world of Beat Studies was rocked by the discovery of the Joan Anderson letter. Believed lost at…
In the above video, Beatdom Books author John Tytell talks with Martin Torgoff, whose new book, Bop Apocalypse, explores jazz,…
Sometime in the early 1950s, the Beat Generation helped bring Buddhism to the West, or at least they popularized it…
An Overview of LeRoi Jones’ Greatest Commentary on the Struggle of the Black Man and Racial Relations in Post-World War…
This essay first appeared in Beatdom #17, which you can find on Amazon. As a child, Allen Ginsberg didn’t get…
There are so many books about the Beat Generation that focus on the writers’ roles as rebels and “literary outlaws,”…
In the past few months, we've brought you news about Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs being translated…
The Beat Generation as a whole inhabits a polarized yet celebrated space in American literature. Writers like Jack Kerouac, Allen…
You might well wonder what a beatnik is or who the Beat Generation were. Many people do... so what is…
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