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4 Important Travel Destinations for the Beat Generation

The Beats were, in many ways, an international literary movement. Although in defining the Beat Generation, we tend to look…

8 years ago

The Burroughs Millions

In Search of the Origin of Burroughs’ Mythical Trust Fund From Beatdom #16 William S. Burroughs was always quick to…

10 years ago

Exiled on Beat Street

In 1957 Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky were in the midst of the obscenity trials in the US surrounding the…

12 years ago

I Want to Be Blue Haired Madame G. K. Rachou

When I get old I want to be Blue haired Madame G. K. Rachou La Patronne de la Bohème Latin…

12 years ago

Sad in Paris

Paris in search of a name Meaning house in the field Love Suffer and Work is thy motto The loneliest…

12 years ago

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

Note: This essay inspired the 2013 book, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult.' All of the uncertainties in…

14 years ago

Last Thoughts on Ginsberg

by Michael Hendrick I have not reached the point where I will pay for a ring tone on my cell.…

15 years ago

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