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

Posted by David S. Wills | Oct 14, 2013 | Beatdom Content, Essays

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

American Zen

Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 21, 2013 | Beatdom Content, Essays

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

Tristessa: Heavengoing

Posted by David S. Wills | Jan 28, 2012 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Paul Arendt Jack Kerouac’s surroundings invariably affected his writing style. Narrator Leo Percepied’s voice in The Subterraneans reflected Kerouac’s emergent interest in psychology, and the author’s vision of the...

Submissions Now Open for Nature Issue

Posted by David S. Wills | Jan 27, 2012 | Beatdom Updates

As we move towards our 5th anniversary (that’s in May, folks, get ready to celebrate!) Beatdom is putting together its eleventh issue. The theme of this upcoming issue is Nature. That’s right, another fairly obvious topic,...