The Joan Anderson Letter Goes to Auction
Almost two years ago the world of Beat studies was rocked by the discovery of a seemingly lost...
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The Complicated Politics of the Beat Triumvirate
There is much about the Beat Generation that is shrouded in confusion. Oftentimes it stems from...
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Review: Ambiguous Borderlands
In his new book, Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture, Dr. Erik...
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East Coast Beats vs. West Coast Beats
The Beats as we know them are a New York City phenomena and walk hand in hand with Abstract...
Read MoreReconsidering Jack Kerouac a Half-Century Later
Not many prose writers alive (Céline, Genet, a few others) would dare the freedom and intelligence to trust their own minds, remember they made that jump, not censor it but write it down and discover its beauty. That’s what I...
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