A Blackout Tavern
Study in 1960s Folklore, by Pat O'Connor. The 1960s hippie scene in Wichita, KS. Includes photographs, and covers the first large LSD bust in Kansas. |
A brief introduction to the beat (in) film
An Analysis of Beat Cinema |
A Short Guide to Denton Welsh
Author, painter. 1915-1948. Major literary influence on William Burroughs. |
American Museum of Beat Art
Museum located in Pasadena, California. Featuring writers, poets, film, artists, photographs, manifestos, and critical writing. |
Amram, David. "A vanishing America?:
Kerouac memories, a Guthrie symphony and a trip to Nathan’s Coney Island hot dog emporium |
Aram Saroyan, writer, poet, playwright
An international writer with ties to the Beats; author of "The Saga of Lew Welch and the Beat Generation" |
Ashcan Rantings and Kind King Light of Mind
Why the Beats Still Matter by actor J.C. Shakespeare |
Beat Fathers
Run-ins with the law by the Beat Generation founders. |
Beat Generation and Bohemian Culture: digihitch.com
Subcultural stories and resources with book reviews, recommended links, original articles and event listings. Featuring Jack Kerouac and influential beat characters. |
Beat Generation at the Gay, Lesbian, B, T, Queer Encyclopedia
The writers of the Beat Generation, many of whom were gay or bisexual, endorsed gay rights as a part of their rebellion against inhibition and self-censorship. |
Beat Generation Trading Cards
Unique renderings of Beats by Jesse Crumb (son of R. Crumb) on promotional cards. Includes Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Thelonious Monk. |
Beat Movement
An overview of Beat poetry, literature, history, and film. |
Beat Quotes
Quotes by or pertaining to a beat author. |
Beat SuperNova
A large list of beats and people related to the beat movement. |
Beat-L
An online discussion forum devoted to the study of the lives and works of the writers of the Beat Generation, especially Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs. |
Beats In Kansas: the Beat Generation in the Heartland
Collection of links and original articles. Many Beats were from Kansas. Original photos of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure. |
Beatscene
Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of America's Beat Generation. |
Beatsville Pad - a cultural history of the Beatnik
Featuring paintings of Beatniks, bizarre weird art from the beat era, and other wonderful ephemera...first pop culture history of the beatniks |
Bibliography of The Beat Generation
Comprehensive list of books, articles and essays about the Beats from University of Maryland class: The Beat Begins - America in the 1950s |
Blue Neon Alley: The Beat Generation
A directory articles and resources for authors of the beat generation. |
Books by the Beat Generation
Nice review of major books (collectables) by the Beats |
Cold War Correspondents: Ginsberg, Kerouac, Cassady, and the Political Economy of Beat Letters,
by Dr. Oliver Harris, Dept. of American Studies, Keele University, England, leading Burroughs scholar. |
Death Of The Beat Generation
Gay Today magazine article by Jesse Monteagudo, written following the deaths of gay Beat writers William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Herbert Huncke, on their impact on modern culture. |
Denver's Beat Poetry Driving Tour
Official Denver, CO, site with driving tour, including directions to many different sites and buildings related to Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac. Includes bars, buildings, and locations, with photographs. |
Dharma Beat Links
A directory on writer Jack Kerouac, and his friends, including Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. |
Goodie Magazine
Lost Beat poets |
Gordon Ball's Beat Generation
Ball teaches at the Virginia Military Institute -- a photo of Allen Ginsberg teaching Ball's class is now a classic. |
Herbert Huncke Interviewed
Exclusive interview of Beat Generation icon by author Johnny Strike |
Hibblen Radio - Beat Generation
A portfolio website for CBS News Radio reporter Michael Hibblen featuring sound clips of the Beat Generation |
How Beat Happened
Article from SF Weekly. |
Huncke Times
Herbert Huncke, the original Beat; major influence on William Burroughs. |
James Mechem, Beat Writer and Publisher, New York
Caprice magazine founder; interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2003 by poet Denise Low. |
Jazz of the Beat Generation
Collection of music, literature and spoken word exploring jazz as a central theme in the Beat Movement. |
Literary Kicks
A free-form study of Beat Literature, literary community and underground culture -- growing since 1994! |
Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek Official Website
Beat poet McClure & former Door's band member Manzarek's website focuses on their collaboration of music & poetry projects & publications, performances, books, CDs, and videos. |
Mom's Scrapbook
In memory of Patricia Harrison, with notes on Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs; also Louise Nevelson and others. |
Moody's Skidrow Beanery
In Wichita, Kansas, Moody Connell believed in a mix of hoboes and Beats and served them simple fare in a place to congregate, by Pat O'Connor. |
Panopticon
Poems by Paul Farrar Lawless (1915-83), the forgotten beat poet. A dedicated pacifist, these poems reflect a spiritual journey to Mt. Shasta on the eve of America's involvement in WWII. |
Paul Bowles Photographs
Literary friends of writer Bowles, visiting him in Tangier in 1950s and 1960s. Includes Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso. |
PoLarity eMagazine
New American Bohemian Literature, George Wallace, editor. Fiction, photographs, Beat events |
Salon Books | Breaking up with the Beats
Kerouac and company were David Gates' first literary loves -- but he had to get off their road. |
San Franciso Renaissance
6 Poets at 6 Gallery by Al Aronowitz |
Semiology: Beats Vs. Beatniks In 1950s American Culture
by Grant L. Allen. Transition from beat idea to beatnik myth distorted the original almost beyond recognition. |
Six Poets at Six Gallery
October 7, 1955 reading with Michael McClure, Philip Lamantia, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Phil Whalen, Kenneth Rexroth, San Francisco. First reading of "Howl" by Ginsberg. Start of modern oral poetry tradition. |
The Beat Generation and the Sixties:
A guide to web resources, combining Beats and leading into the Hippies & 1960s. Created and maintained by Alan Keig, University of Adelaide Library, Australia. Adds a unique non-USA view of the Beats. |
The Beat Page
Biographies, photos and included works of Beat Generation writers. |
The Beat Papers of Al Aronowitz
A collection of interviews, memories and articles by the late Aronowitz, the infamous Black Listed Journalist, who was actually there; close friend of Ginsberg and introduced Bob Dylan to the Beatles. |
The Beat Vortex
Poet Lee Streiff's site on the many Beat Generation artists that lived in Wichita, KS. Covers 1947-1966; includes Dave Haselwood, Charles Plymell; with original photos of Bruce Conner and Michael McClure in high school, other rare views of early 1950s. |
the beats: new york
University of Virginia. Sharp cover images of first-edition books by William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady. |
The Critical Poet Beat Generation Quiz
Take the Beat Generation Quiz and see how smart you really are. |
The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives
San Francsico State University; artist biographies and MP3 audio files; founded in 1954 on the basis of a gift by W.H. Auden. |
The Wild Bohemian Home Page
Colin Pringle's articles and directory on wild cats and chicks, Hippies, the Beat Generation, Bohemian bands, outlaw bikers. |
Unspeakable Visions: The Beat Generation and The Bohemian Dialectic.
by Michael Haywood. 1991 paper on the history of the Beat writers in print, from their early stirrings in the underground press, through to their publication by mainstream publishers. |
What Are Souls? An Interview with Michael McClure
by Jack Foley, includes discussion of Six Gallery reading, 1955, of "For the Death of 100 Whales" poem. |
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