beat generation

Submissions Now Open for Nature Issue

As we move towards our 5th anniversary (that’s in May, folks, get ready to celebrate!) Beatdom is putting together its…

14 years ago

Beatdom Books on Kindle

It seems that one of the hottest Christmas presents this year was a shiny Kindle gift card. It's really a…

14 years ago

What Do The Rolling Stones Have In Common With Mr. Burroughs?

Aside from the love of guns, hard drugs, being cultural phenomenons and part-time movie stars, what did William S. Burroughs…

14 years ago

Kitty Bruce Talks To Beatdom About Lenny Bruce and Religion

In November, Kitty Bruce, daughter and only survivor of  comedy icon/legend Lenny Bruce, was gracious enough to talk to Beatdom…

14 years ago

Homophobia in the Media’s Treatment of New Ginsberg Movie

So Daniel Radcliffe is going to play Allen Ginsberg in a new movie, called Kill Your Darlings. The movie is…

14 years ago

What Can Be Learned from Charles Bukowski

On the peripheral edge of the Beat Movement sits Charles Bukowski. Lauded as all manner of things from the “laureate…

14 years ago

New Kerouac Novel In The News; New Book About “On The Road” Published

The interviews with Henderson tell a different side of the now-famously fabled story of how the Beat Generation was jump-started…

14 years ago

Hank Williams III Digs Beatdom

Photo courtesy of Michael Hendrick

14 years ago

Death Within a Chrysalis

At the turn of the 1960s, Jack Kerouac found himself in a profound state of limbo, the climax of an…

14 years ago

Kerouac’s Bad Trip

In January, 1961, John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States of America, whilst the much maligned…

15 years ago

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