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At the End of the Road: Jack Kerouac in Mexico

In 2013 I was asked to review a book called The Stray Bullet, about William S. Burroughs’ years in Mexico.…

11 years ago

The is NOT an Anthology

In 1959, the painter, Brion Gysin, “accidentally” cut through a pile of newspapers with a Stanley Knife and changed the…

11 years ago

The Stray Bullet: William S. Burroughs in Mexico

In 1995 a scholar named Jorge Garcia-Robles wrote a long essay about William S. Burroughs’ time in Mexico, partly based…

12 years ago

Guilty of Everything

Herbert Huncke was the man who brought the word "beat" to the Beat Generation. He was a New York hustler,…

13 years ago

Beatitude by Larry Closs

I’ve been meaning to give this one a read for a while now but have been too busy with other…

13 years ago

Review: The Rum Diary (2011)

Review by Jamie Pinnock Over a decade following his psychedelic explosion onto the silver-screen as Raoul Duke in Fear and…

14 years ago

DVD Reviews: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs: A Man Within

Review by Michael Hendrick; Photo by Jerry Aronson A look around at the landscape of today's world reveals cultural melee…

14 years ago

Review: The Heming Way

It’s been a busy time here in the Beatdom offices, what with the launch of Beatdom Books and the preparation…

15 years ago

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