The links between the Beat Generation and music seem obvious, and many of them have been pretty thoroughly explored. Ginsberg…
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In the above video, Beatdom Books author John Tytell talks with Martin Torgoff, whose new book, Bop Apocalypse, explores jazz,…
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The Beat Generation found itself mystified by the black culture of the time. This mystification granted them agency in manifesting…
“If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem different” -…
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