In January, 1961, John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States of America, whilst the much maligned…
by Dr Madhu Mehrotra and Geetanjali Joshi Mishra “Resolved to sing no songs henceforth but those of manly attachment” -Walt…
This past year has been kind to fans of the Beat Generation. First there was "Howl", the movie about Allen…
by James Lough Illustration by Isaac Bonan If the first string of the Beat writers featured Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg,…
An exploration of female Beat writers and their involvement with the second-wave feminist movement By Lee McRae ‘American literature…
By Karen Baddeley The Lady is a humble thing Made of death and water The fashion is to dress it…
By Spencer Kansa In 1951, Jack Kerouac began work on a roman-à-clef whose breathless prose would help define an era…
A look at this year's Banned Books Week and its relation to the Beat Generation.
A look at Jeff Nuttall, author of "Pig" and a sort of British Beat.
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