jack kerouac

Jack Kerouac’s Poetry—Where is the Gold, if There’s Gold?

This paper is a short inquiry into the quality of Jack Kerouac’s poetry. Kerouac is an American writer who has…

13 years ago

Somebody Blew Up America: A Conversation with Amiri Baraka

This interview originally appeared in Beatdom #12 - the CRIME issue. You can purchase it on Amazon and Kindle. Amiri…

13 years ago

After the Deluge

“What are you rebelling against?” the local girl asks one of the “saintly motorcyclists” in the 1953 movie The Wild…

13 years ago

The Beat Rap Sheet

But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency, immorality, amorality ...…

13 years ago

What to Expect from Beatdom #12

It's here, it's here, it's finally here!!!! That's right, ladies and gentleman. Beatdom #12 - the CRIME issue - is…

13 years ago

Dig This ~ Ann and Samuel Charters Read Beat Poetry

We found this while doing some research on the Charters' Book, Brother-Souls:John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation.…

13 years ago

What Happened to Kerouac?

         WHAT HAPPENED TO KEROUAC?       New Two-Disc Collector’s Edition Available November 6 from Shout! Factory   Jack Kerouac was…

13 years ago

William Blake and the Beat Generation

William Blake’s influence on the Beat Generation is arguably more significant than that of any other writer or artist. Most…

13 years ago

Beating the Odds: Kerouac in the Twenty-First Century

An Old Book for the Young Although hardly an unknown fact to regular readers of Beatdom, it’s still worth reminding…

13 years ago

The Last Man Standing: Al Hinkle

The name Al Hinkle should be familiar to most readers of Beatdom, and if it isn’t then they’ll most likely…

13 years ago

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