Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation

13 years ago

We recently passed a watershed moment in modern American literature, as November, 2012, marked sixty years since John Clellon Holmes…

Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult’ Out Now

13 years ago

David S. Wills' ground-breaking text, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult' is now available on Amazon as both…

The Voice is All: Joyce Johnson Talks about Her Latest Book

13 years ago

Joyce Johnson’s role in Beat history is too often viewed simply as that of Jack Kerouac’s girlfriend. There is surprise…

The Great Breakthrough

13 years ago

“He made an effort to hold down a regular job, but he was a terrible employee and didn’t seem to…

Jack Kerouac’s Poetry—Where is the Gold, if There’s Gold?

13 years ago

This paper is a short inquiry into the quality of Jack Kerouac’s poetry. Kerouac is an American writer who has…

Dylan the (Secretly) Well Dressed

13 years ago

“You never seem to give yourself away completely, but of course dark-haired people are so mysterious.” Remark made by Lucien…

William S. Burroughs on Dreaming

13 years ago

In the seventies and eighties, William S. Burroughs began to tour America doing public readings. These were, to him, performances.…

American Zen

13 years ago

Zen Buddhism is nearly impossible to write about. The use of words and logic to explain Zen are in opposition…

Somebody Blew Up America: A Conversation with Amiri Baraka

13 years ago

This interview originally appeared in Beatdom #12 - the CRIME issue. You can purchase it on Amazon and Kindle. Amiri…

Drugstore Cowboy

13 years ago

Is this a punk flick? Maybe a beat-punk film? Celluloid where punk and beat meet? Characters are beat, get beaten,…

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