In anticipation of Beatdom #17 - the POLITICS issue - we're releasing this one-off free PDF download of The Politics of…
There is much about the Beat Generation that is shrouded in confusion. Oftentimes it stems from wishful thinking on the…
In his new book, Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture, Dr. Erik Mortenson looks at the “paradox”…
Photo Copyright 2022 Mellon Tytell In her essay, “John Clellon Holmes and Existentialism”, Ann Charters leaves the reader with a…
If Brion Gysin had not existed, it probably would have been necessary to invent him, as the saying goes. Pre-eminent…
Steven La Vey’s The Ugly Spirit begins with a quote from William S. Burroughs, who also coined the term that…
The Beats as we know them are a New York City phenomena and walk hand in hand with Abstract Expressionism…
From On the Road’s initial publication in 1957 to the release of its original scroll manuscript in 2007, the most…
I work a solitary Burroughs-type job where I don’t do anything much but look out a window. I can’t read…
The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification granted them agency in manifesting…
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