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The City Lights Bookstore: the Beatnik’s Mecca

There are few places around the globe that fully encompass all things Beat Generation in the same way as the…

14 years ago

Death Within a Chrysalis

At the turn of the 1960s, Jack Kerouac found himself in a profound state of limbo, the climax of an…

14 years ago

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Tribute

On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake's 2010 Barbary Award at…

15 years ago

The Beat Generation and Travel

A short except from Issue Six.

16 years ago

The Beat Generation and Travel

More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have helped shape our…

16 years ago

Neeli Cherkovski Interview

An interview with Neeli Cherkovski.

18 years ago

Bohemian New Orleans

It was through my love of the work of Hunter S Thompson that I came to watch Wayne Ewing’s films,…

18 years ago

Know Your Beats

A very brief guide to the players of the Beat Generation.

18 years ago

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