Sixty-eight years ago today, six poets changed American literature forever with a powerful and now legendary reading at a former…
by Charles S. Goldman Michael McClure's collection of short plays - Charles Goldmandesigned the poster and appeared in "2 or…
October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that date, in a “run…
By Kurt Kline In the poetry of Bob Kaufman, the poet is the healer, journeying down into the…
William Blake’s influence on the Beat Generation is arguably more significant than that of any other writer or artist. Most…
On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake's 2010 Barbary Award at…
By Noel Dávila On Ginsberg's anger & kindness, Kerouac's “homo viator”, Burroughs' excremental prose and a fateful evening in the…
More so than any other literary movement, the Beats have influenced the world of travel and have helped shape our…
“Money is the root of all evil”For I willWriteIn my will“I regret that I was not ableTo love money more.”Jack…
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