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The Beats & Sixties Counterculture

The 1960s are associated with what Frank calls ‘the big change, the birthplace of our own culture, the homeland of…

16 years ago

Hunter S. Thompson & the Beats

Note: This essay was hugely expanded in 2020. The new version is found here. Hunter S. Thompson was no Beatnik.…

16 years ago

Going To Meet The Man

First Encounters with Allen Ginsberg, by David Breihtaupt I live more and more in my head each day as my…

16 years ago

The Plurality of Beat Spirituality

by Lee McRae ‘The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The…

16 years ago

Beat

by Adi Rajkovic There have been many pivotal experiences and events that have influenced my vision as an artist, but…

17 years ago

Modern Beat: Tom Waits

In Issue One, David S Wills looked at the songwriter Pete Doherty as a modern day Beatnik, with the promise…

17 years ago

Women of the Beat Generation

History has not been kind to the women of the Beat Generation. During the Beat era, they were largely ignored…

18 years ago

The Life of Gregory Corso

The life of Gregory Corso

18 years ago

The Outsiders Review

Wayne Ewing became a personal hero of mine when he made a fantastic trilogy of documentaries about the late, great…

18 years ago

Bohemian New Orleans

It was through my love of the work of Hunter S Thompson that I came to watch Wayne Ewing’s films,…

18 years ago

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