On 12th September, 1947, Allen Ginsberg shipped out as a utility man on a collier, the S.S. John Blair, for…
Next month, Beatdom Books will release John Tytell's collection of essays and letters, Beat Transnationalism. It can be pre-ordered on…
Allen Ginsberg was a true citizen of the world, at home wherever he travelled. Although he never actually left the United…
This essay first appeared in Beatdom #17, which you can find on Amazon. As a child, Allen Ginsberg didn’t get…
An interview with Bevin Richardson about his alternative The Dharma Bums book made from a seven 1.5 meter scroll painted in…
In 1953, William S. Burroughs published his first novel, Junkie, which ended with the ominous line, “Yage may be the final…
Words by Rory Feehan Photos by David S. Wills “My only faith in this country is rooted in such…
by Geetanjali Joshi Mishra Beatdom Issue 9 They are unmistakable: roughly kept beards, unmanageable, unruly and unkempt hair, chillums dangling…
R. R. Reno The road dominates the American imagination, from the Oregon Trail to Route 66. That strange, in-between time…
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