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What the Beats can teach us about writing

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 21, 2017 | Essays

The Beat Generation was not just important as a countercultural movement. We don’t just remember...

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 16, 2017 | Essays

The writers of the Beat Generation were not just great at composing poems or producing...

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 10, 2017 | Essays

The 1940s and 50s were difficult years to be non-conformist, and that was doubly true if you were...

Posted by David S. Wills | Aug 24, 2017 | Essays

As the birthplace of Western democracy, literature, and philosophy, it is hardly surprising that...

Posted by James Burt | Aug 5, 2017 | Essays

“…You men writers always put your balls in the way of the story…get your ego out of the way and...

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 2, 2017 | Essays

What do Aldous Huxley and Hunter S. Thompson have in common? Both were great writers, of course....

Posted by Scott Hartman | Jun 4, 2017 | Essays

“From a certain point onward there is no turning back. This is the point that must be reached.”...

Posted by David S. Wills | May 31, 2017 | Essays

On 12th September, 1947, Allen Ginsberg shipped out as a utility man on a collier, the S.S. John...