Gary Snyder

The Second Wave of American Interest in Japanese Culture: Alan Watts, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder

by Charlie Canning Photos by John La Farge and David S. Wills   Since the Treaty of Kanagawa in 1853,…

12 years ago

American Zen

Zen Buddhism is nearly impossible to write about. The use of words and logic to explain Zen are in opposition…

13 years ago

Tristessa: Heavengoing

by Paul Arendt   Jack Kerouac’s surroundings invariably affected his writing style. Narrator Leo Percepied’s voice in The Subterraneans reflected…

14 years ago

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

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

“It was electric”: A conversation with Michael Sharp

By Noel Dávila On Ginsberg's anger & kindness, Kerouac's “homo viator”, Burroughs' excremental prose and a fateful evening in the…

15 years ago

Kerouac’s Continuing Quest

Review of the Dharma Bums

15 years ago

The Beat Generation and Travel

A short except from Issue Six.

16 years ago

The Beat Generation and Travel

More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have helped shape our…

16 years ago

The Battle for Kerouac’s Estate

“Money is the root of all evil”For I willWriteIn my will“I regret that I was not ableTo love money more.”Jack…

16 years ago

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