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Carolyn Cassady – Neal, Me and Jack makes three

Posted by David S. Wills | Mar 1, 2011 | Beatdom Content, Interviews

By Spencer Kansa In 1951, Jack Kerouac began work on a roman-à-clef whose breathless prose would...

HST & the Music of the Sixties

Posted by David S. Wills | Aug 24, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Illustration Isaac Bonan Words by David S. Wills From Beatdom #7. Music has always been a matter...

Last Thoughts on Ginsberg

Posted by David S. Wills | Aug 23, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Michael Hendrick I have not reached the point where I will pay for a ring tone on my cell. Just the words “ring,” “tone” and “cell” in the same phrase pisses me off. Once somebody bought me a vanity license plate permit as a...

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...

Do the Beats Matter Today?

Posted by David S. Wills | Jan 11, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by Harry Burrus When Jack Kerouac died in 1969, only one of his 20+ books was in print. At the time, many critics announced the Beat Generation was irrelevant and had faded away. Others claimed the Beats were an insignificant...