‘Sunflower Sutra’ Ginsberg’s ‘Sunflower Sutra’ bursts with a range of vivid imagery, connecting the pastoral with a landscape of urban…
October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that date, in a “run…
“Do you think in five years the national media will create a stupid term like blogniks to describe us?” …
“You never seem to give yourself away completely, but of course dark-haired people are so mysterious.” Remark made by Lucien…
by Dr Madhu Mehrotra and Geetanjali Joshi Mishra “Resolved to sing no songs henceforth but those of manly attachment” -Walt…
“A hipster goes into a diner. ‘What kind of pie do you have?’ he asks. The waitress says, ‘The pie…
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…
It’s hard to read Kerouac or Ginsberg and not think of the father of American poetry, Walt Whitman. Well, it’s…
Exploring the link between vagrancy and the American identity.
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