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Walking With the Barefoot Beat: Alene Lee

Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 17, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Christina Diamente No girl had ever moved me with a story of spiritual suffering And so...

Hunter S. Thompson & the Beats

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 9, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Note: This essay was hugely expanded in 2020. The new version is found here. Hunter S. Thompson was no Beatnik. For one thing, he was too late. By the time he was knocking out Gonzo journalism, Kerouac had died, the hippies had...

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Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 8, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Steven O’Sullivan Being a street urchin in New York’s Little Italy around the 40s you would typically follow fabulous cinematic example and team up with the fat kid, the tough kid, and some kind of leader and you’d all...