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The Beat Generation and Mental Hospitals

Posted by David S. Wills | Sep 10, 2017 | Essays

The 1940s and 50s were difficult years to be non-conformist, and that was doubly true if you were...

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Naked Tea Now on Sale

Posted by David S. Wills | Apr 28, 2014 | Beatdom Updates

Philip Willey is one beat motherfucker. His website tells me he was born in England in 1941, but I...

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On Bitch Magazine’s Response to Joan’s Death

Posted by David S. Wills | Mar 31, 2014 | Discussions

One of our readers, Devin Fahey, recently posted a link to the Beatdom FB page. The link was to a...

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The Stray Bullet: William S. Burroughs in Mexico

Posted by David S. Wills | Jan 20, 2014 | Reviews

In 1995 a scholar named Jorge Garcia-Robles wrote a long essay about William S. Burroughs’ time in...

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The Weird Cult: How Scientology Shaped the Writing of William S. Burroughs

Posted by David S. Wills | Mar 4, 2012 | Beatdom Content, Essays

Note: This essay inspired the 2013 book, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird...

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