And the Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks
One famous and pivotal moment in Beat history was the killing David Kammerer by Lucian Carr. It...
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Modern Beat: Tom Waits
In Issue One, David S Wills looked at the songwriter Pete Doherty as a modern day Beatnik, with the promise of finding another for Issue Two. He lied. There was no Modern Beats in Issue Two. But here, belatedly, he brings you...
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Women of the Beat Generation
History has not been kind to the women of the Beat Generation. During the Beat era, they were...
Read MoreStevia: A Bitter/Sweet Story
Wills, D. and Bisset, K., ‘Stevia: A Bitter/Sweet Story’ in Wills, D., (ed.) Beatdom Vol. 2 (City of Recovery Press: Dundee, 2008) Stevia: A Bitter/Sweet Story By Kirsty Bisset and David S Wills – –...
Read MoreSaving Bukowski’s Bungalow
Bukowski’s long gone, though his Bungalow still stands, but not for long unless we DO something about it! A few years back Mrs Benway and I went to Key West where we saw Ernest Hemingway’s house, writing studio and a...
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The Life of Gregory Corso
The life of Gregory Corso
Read MoreThe Philosophy of Advertising
Beatdom strives to keep itself relevant. It began as a project to keep its staff reading Kerouac and Ginsberg, to give us an excuse to do what we love and call it work… But at times it becomes work. No one at Beatdom works...
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On the Road… by John Kerouac?
Note the message in the top right corner: Dear Mr. Wyn: I submit this as my idea of an appealing...
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