In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in Mexico.…
On Dave Moore's wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group - a partner to the very active Jack Kerouac group - there…
It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we have seen the…
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15 - the WAR issue. For about ten years after World War II Britain…
from: Our Year in Downtown Red Yesterday’s sunshine and spectacular seventy degrees are replaced by rapidly plummeting temperatures and the…
"It was the greatest piece of writing I ever saw, better'n anybody in America, or at least enough to make…
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. By Pat Thomas “Black Power: Find out what they…
The American Dream is the unifying theme across the work of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac wrote wondrous love letters…
“Francis Thompson (!)” i “My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap. My days have crackled and gone up in…
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. Most of the writers and artists to…
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