As an MFA fiction student at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University (one of the longest,…
When we interviewed Ann Charters in our current issue, Beatdom Eleven, she brought up the relationship between Jack Kerouac and…
On May 15, Patti Smith told us about her new record, Banga, and some of the source for the title…
Dear Readers, We certainly hope that you like to look at pictures - because this is about as many as…
Here's a cool video of Allen Ginsberg talking with Conan O'Brien from 1994. The quality is poor but he sings…
On May 15, 1891, Mikhail Bulgakov was born. Today, also May 15, Patti Smith was kind enough to talk to…
from Beatdom Issue 10 (buy here) by Geetanjali Joshi Mishra and Ravi Mishra * As a religion, Hinduism has been…
Note: This essay inspired the 2013 book, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult.' All of the uncertainties in…
One and Only: The Untold Story of On The Road, may have played more to the heart had it been…
by Paul Arendt Jack Kerouac’s surroundings invariably affected his writing style. Narrator Leo Percepied’s voice in The Subterraneans reflected…
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