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Haruki Murakami and the Beat Generation

Posted by David S. Wills | Jan 8, 2022 | Essays

The Japanese author Haruki Murakami has become internationally renowned over the past few decades...

The following is a transcript from a speech I gave recently at the Angkor International Festival...

Posted by Kirby Olson | Oct 28, 2021 | Essays

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

This essay was originally published in Beatdom #21. On July 18th, 1963, Allen Ginsberg sat on a...

Posted by James Reidel | May 31, 2021 | Beatdom Content

In the late spring of 1939, Weldon Kees, his wife Ann, and his parents, John and Sarah—called...

Posted by Mike Breger | May 8, 2021 | Essays

In 1965, Allen Ginsberg traveled to Eastern Europe, visiting Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the...

Hunter S. Thompson is best known for his bizarre Gonzo writing, which fused fiction and journalism...

Posted by John Aiello | Nov 20, 2020 | Interviews

This interview was conducted on 22nd May, 1988 at the Caffé Trieste in San Francisco. Am I a...