At the End of the Road: Jack Kerouac in Mexico

11 years ago

In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in Mexico.…

The Dharma Bums: Judging a Book by its Cover

11 years ago

On Dave Moore's wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group - a partner to the very active Jack Kerouac group - there…

Reconsidering the Importance of the Joan Anderson Letter

11 years ago

It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we have seen the…

Borne out of War: The British Beats

11 years ago

This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15 - the WAR issue. For about ten years after World War II Britain…

Lonesome Thanksgiving

11 years ago

from: Our Year in Downtown Red Yesterday’s sunshine and spectacular seventy degrees are replaced by rapidly plummeting temperatures and the…

Neal Cassady’s “Joan Anderson Letter” Finally Found

11 years ago

"It was the greatest piece of writing I ever saw, better'n anybody in America, or at least enough to make…

Blood and Black Power on the Streets of Chicago

11 years ago

This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. By Pat Thomas    “Black Power: Find out what they…

Hubert Selby Jr’s American Dream

11 years ago

The American Dream is the unifying theme across the work of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac wrote wondrous love letters…

Francis Thompson

12 years ago

“Francis Thompson (!)” i “My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap. My days have crackled and gone up in…

War Upon War: The Second-Generation Beats and Postmemory

12 years ago

This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue.       Most of the writers and artists to…

This website uses cookies.