The Great Breakthrough
“He made an effort to hold down a regular job, but he was a terrible employee and didn’t seem to...
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Jack Kerouac’s Poetry—Where is the Gold, if There’s Gold?
This paper is a short inquiry into the quality of Jack Kerouac’s poetry. Kerouac is an American writer who has maintained an enduring hold on succeeding generations of readers through his long prose works, such as On the Road...
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Dylan the (Secretly) Well Dressed
“You never seem to give yourself away completely, but of course dark-haired people are so...
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American Zen
Zen Buddhism is nearly impossible to write about. The use of words and logic to explain Zen are in...
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Somebody Blew Up America: A Conversation with Amiri Baraka
This interview originally appeared in Beatdom #12 – the CRIME issue. You can purchase it on...
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After the Deluge
“What are you rebelling against?” the local girl asks one of the “saintly motorcyclists” in the...
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The Beat Rap Sheet
But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency,...
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