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The Beat Generation and Travel

Posted by David S. Wills | Feb 17, 2010 | Beatdom Content, Essays

More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have...

Visions of Burroughs

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

by Steven O’Sullivan It’s like a compass. A compass operates on magnetics. People always seem to be in such a rush to articulate themselves. But maybe we just can’t articulate certain emotions. Maybe...

Naked Lunch on Film: Filming The Unfilmable

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

by David S. Wills The novel does not obviously lend itself to adaptation for the screen: it has...

Visions of Vollmer

Posted by David S. Wills | Jul 10, 2009 | Beatdom Content, Essays

by David S. Wills In Issue Two of Beatdom, we ran a story about the women of the Beat Generation, and we obviously talked a little about Joan Vollmer. However, we didn’t say enough to do her justice, for she was a fascinating...