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James Franco on Allen Ginsberg

Posted by David S. Wills | Aug 20, 2010 | Beat News

James Franco has an essay in the new Vanity Fair about what it’s like to play Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming movie, Howl. The essay is called “Finding the Beat”… which happens to be the title of another...

People who died: Jim Carroll’s last diary entry

Posted by David S. Wills | May 23, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

A farewell to a key post-Beat, whose creative life stretched from Warhol’s Factory to Cobain’s...

The Beat Generation and Korea

Posted by David S. Wills | Apr 14, 2010 | Beat News

Since coming to Korea I haven’t really heard much about the Beat Generation. It’s hardly surprising, of course. The Beats are popular around the world, but they remain at their most appealing in English language-speaking...

A Postcard from Ginsberg

Posted by Michael Hendrick | Apr 12, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

In January 1976, Columbia Records released Desire, the Bob Dylan LP, replete with liner notes by...

The End of the Road

Posted by David S. Wills | Apr 12, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

R. R. Reno The road dominates the American imagination, from the Oregon Trail to Route 66. That strange, in-between time of escape, freedom, and adventure: On The Road, you leave behind all the ordinary routines and demands....