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Big Sur: The Movie

This past year has been kind to fans of the Beat Generation. First there was "Howl", the movie about Allen…

15 years ago

Gregory Corso: Poet of the Streets

by James Lough Illustration by Isaac Bonan If the first string of the Beat writers featured Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg,…

15 years ago

Poetess and Patriarch

An exploration of female Beat writers and their involvement with the second-wave feminist movement By Lee McRae   ‘American literature…

15 years ago

The Lady is a Humble Thing: Elise Cowen

By Karen Baddeley The Lady is a humble thing Made of death and water The fashion is to dress it…

15 years ago

Banned Books Week & the Beats

A look at this year's Banned Books Week and its relation to the Beat Generation.

15 years ago

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Tribute

On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake's 2010 Barbary Award at…

15 years ago

First Thought, Best Thought?

A discussion of the importance of editing.

15 years ago

Howl is Here

A collection of Howl reviews

15 years ago

Jeff Nuttall: British Beat

A look at Jeff Nuttall, author of "Pig" and a sort of British Beat.

15 years ago

Substance Use

A discussion about the use of drink and drugs in literature.

15 years ago

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