William S. Burroughs

The Sea is my Brother

Since the fiftieth anniversary of On the Road, Kerouac has been somewhat revitalized. Despite being dead for forty years, Beat…

17 years ago

Alene Lee – Subterranean Muse

by Steven O'Sullivan Alene Lee is the real name of The Subterraneans’ Mardou Fox, and of Irene May from Big…

17 years ago

Visions of Vollmer

by David S. Wills In Issue Two of Beatdom, we ran a story about the women of the Beat Generation,…

17 years ago

Hunter S. Thompson & the Beats

Note: This essay was hugely expanded in 2020. The new version is found here. Hunter S. Thompson was no Beatnik.…

17 years ago

The Plurality of Beat Spirituality

by Lee McRae ‘The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy! The nose is holy! The…

17 years ago

Beat

by Adi Rajkovic There have been many pivotal experiences and events that have influenced my vision as an artist, but…

17 years ago

And the Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks

One famous and pivotal moment in Beat history was the killing David Kammerer by Lucian Carr. It was the end…

17 years ago

Modern Beat: Tom Waits

In Issue One, David S Wills looked at the songwriter Pete Doherty as a modern day Beatnik, with the promise…

17 years ago

Women of the Beat Generation

History has not been kind to the women of the Beat Generation. During the Beat era, they were largely ignored…

18 years ago

The Life of Gregory Corso

The life of Gregory Corso

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