I hopped the BART train for the short ride under the bay from Fremont to San Francisco. It was 1995…
The world was a different place in post-war America. Suburbs were scant, malls were unheard of, and the nation was…
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…
The name Al Hinkle should be familiar to most readers of Beatdom, and if it isn’t then they’ll most likely…
Today would've been Jack Kerouac's 90th birthday. Although he's been dead a long time, his legacy is stronger than ever.…
There are few places around the globe that fully encompass all things Beat Generation in the same way as the…
At the turn of the 1960s, Jack Kerouac found himself in a profound state of limbo, the climax of an…
By Karen Baddeley The Lady is a humble thing Made of death and water The fashion is to dress it…
On October 2nd, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and his Beat bookstore and publisher, City Lights, will receive Litquake's 2010 Barbary Award at…
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