I was only twenty in the fall of 1955 when I sat down to start my first novel. Come and…
“The whole Beat scene had very little to do with the participation of women as artists themselves. The real communication…
The Beat Generation, though small in numbers, had a profound effect on the American literary tradition. Coming into existence…
It’s been an exciting few years for fans of the Beat Generation. Since Beatdom was founded, we have seen the…
This essay originally appeared in Beatdom #15: the WAR issue. Most of the writers and artists to…
Joyce Johnson is best-known for her 1983 memoir, Minor Characters, which focuses on the years 1957-58, and concerns the role…
In Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958 by Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson, Kerouac writes to…
Joyce Johnson’s role in Beat history is too often viewed simply as that of Jack Kerouac’s girlfriend. There is surprise…
Yes, friends, Beatdom Issue Twelve is on it's way and today we unveil the cover, featuring the lovely Zeena Schreck…
An exploration of female Beat writers and their involvement with the second-wave feminist movement By Lee McRae ‘American literature…
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