by David S. Wills The novel does not obviously lend itself to adaptation for the screen: it has dozens of…
by Harry Burrus When Jack Kerouac died in 1969, only one of his 20+ books was in print. At the…
Since the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, Kerouac has been somewhat revitalized. Despite being dead for forty years, Beat…
by Steven O'Sullivan Alene Lee is the real name of The Subterraneans’ Mardou Fox, and of Irene May from Big…
by David S. Wills In Issue Two of Beatdom, we ran a story about the women of the Beat Generation,…
The 1960s are associated with what Frank calls ‘the big change, the birthplace of our own culture, the homeland of…
Note: This essay was hugely expanded in 2020. The new version is found here. Hunter S. Thompson was no Beatnik.…
by Lee McRae ‘The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The…
by Steven O'Sullivan In Issue Three David knocked out a solid run down on Tom Waits, while at the same…
by Steven O'Sullivan Being a street urchin in New York’s Little Italy around the 40s you would typically follow fabulous…
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