In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in Mexico.…
On Dave Moore's wonderful Beat Generation Facebook group - a partner to the very active Jack Kerouac group - there…
It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we have seen the…
"It was the greatest piece of writing I ever saw, better'n anybody in America, or at least enough to make…
The American Dream is the unifying theme across the work of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac wrote wondrous love letters…
“Francis Thompson (!)” i “My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap. My days have crackled and gone up in…
“I love St. Francis of Assisi as well as anybody in the world.” Desolation Angels Once a sybarite youth and…
“Basie’s stuff means something.” i Jack Kerouac, Horace Mann Record Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie as told…
“Count Basie’s swing arrangements are not blaring, but they contain more drive, more power, and more thrill than the loudest…
From Beatdom #15 - Available now on Amazon as a print and Kindle publication: The Beat Generation is often…
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