On the Road: Ginsberg in Siem Reap & Other Beat Tales

4 years ago

The following is a transcript from a speech I gave recently at the Angkor International Festival of the Arts in…

Review: Beat Blues: San Francisco, 1955

4 years ago

Beat Blues is the latest book by Jonah Raskin, author of the wonderful American Scream: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” and the…

Review: The Beats, Black Mountain, and New Modes in American Poetry

4 years ago

The latest in Clemson University’s Beat Studies series is The Beats, Black Mountain, and New Modes in American Poetry, edited…

New Release: High White Notes

4 years ago

Today is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Hunter S. Thompson’s landmark “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” originally…

Fear and Loathing at 50: A Misunderstood American Classic

4 years ago

Fifty years ago today, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” was first published on the pages of Rolling Stone. Neither…

Corso Preferred America

4 years ago

Scholar Glenn Sheldon puts Beat poet Gregory Corso on trial in his book, South of Our Selves: Mexico in the…

Spring and Autumn Annals / Revolutionary Letters (Reviews)

5 years ago

Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie, by Diane di Prima City Lights Books Publish Date:…

The Birth of a Writer

5 years ago

The following is a short excerpt from David S. Wills' forthcoming High White Notes: The Rise and Fall of Gonzo…

Review: Fear and Loathing in Aspen

5 years ago

The life and work of Hunter S. Thompson has long appealed to filmmakers, yet no one has entirely succeeded in…

Podcast About the Beat Generation

5 years ago

In a recent episode of Wondros, a podcast hosted by Jesse Dylan and Pricilla Cohen, Beatdom editor David S. Wills…

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