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Beat Quotes
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Quotes by or pertaining to a beat author.
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The Beat Page
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Biographies, photos and included works of Beat Generation writers.
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American Museum of Beat Art
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Museum located in Pasadena, California. Featuring writers, poets, film, artists, photographs, manifestos, and critical writing.
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Literary Kicks
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A free-form study of Beat Literature, literary community and underground culture -- growing since 1994!
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Mom's Scrapbook
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In memory of Patricia Harrison, with notes on Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs; also Louise Nevelson and others.
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Salon Books | Breaking up with the Beats
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Kerouac and company were David Gates' first literary loves -- but he had to get off their road.
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How Beat Happened
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Article from SF Weekly.
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Panopticon
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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.
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Beat SuperNova
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A large list of beats and people related to the beat movement.
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Unspeakable Visions: The Beat Generation and The Bohemian Dialectic.
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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.
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Beat Movement
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An overview of Beat poetry, literature, history, and film.
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Beatscene
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Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of America's Beat Generation.
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Dharma Beat Links
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A directory on writer Jack Kerouac, and his friends, including Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady.
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Beat-L
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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.
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Death Of The Beat Generation
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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.
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Beat Generation at the Gay, Lesbian, B, T, Queer Encyclopedia
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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.
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The Beat Papers of Al Aronowitz
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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.
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Hibblen Radio - Beat Generation
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A portfolio website for CBS News Radio reporter Michael Hibblen featuring sound clips of the Beat Generation
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Beat Generation Trading Cards
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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.
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Denver's Beat Poetry Driving Tour
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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.
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A brief introduction to the beat (in) film
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An Analysis of Beat Cinema
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Beatsville Pad - a cultural history of the Beatnik
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Featuring paintings of Beatniks, bizarre weird art from the beat era, and other wonderful ephemera...first pop culture history of the beatniks
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Jazz of the Beat Generation
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Collection of music, literature and spoken word exploring jazz as a central theme in the Beat Movement.
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The Wild Bohemian Home Page
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Colin Pringle's articles and directory on wild cats and chicks, Hippies, the Beat Generation, Bohemian bands, outlaw bikers.
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The Critical Poet Beat Generation Quiz
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Take the Beat Generation Quiz and see how smart you really are.
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Aram Saroyan, writer, poet, playwright
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An international writer with ties to the Beats; author of "The Saga of Lew Welch and the Beat Generation"
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The Beat Generation and the Sixties:
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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.
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Beats In Kansas: the Beat Generation in the Heartland
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Collection of links and original articles. Many Beats were from Kansas. Original photos of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure.
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The Beat Vortex
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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.
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Gordon Ball's Beat Generation
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Ball teaches at the Virginia Military Institute -- a photo of Allen Ginsberg teaching Ball's class is now a classic.
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Moody's Skidrow Beanery
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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.
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the beats: new york
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University of Virginia. Sharp cover images of first-edition books by William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady.
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Bibliography of The Beat Generation
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Comprehensive list of books, articles and essays about the Beats from University of Maryland class: The Beat Begins - America in the 1950s
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James Mechem, Beat Writer and Publisher, New York
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Caprice magazine founder; interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2003 by poet Denise Low.
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Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek Official Website
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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.
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Semiology: Beats Vs. Beatniks In 1950s American Culture
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by Grant L. Allen. Transition from beat idea to beatnik myth distorted the original almost beyond recognition.
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PoLarity eMagazine
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New American Bohemian Literature, George Wallace, editor. Fiction, photographs, Beat events
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Goodie Magazine
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Lost Beat poets
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Beat Fathers
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Run-ins with the law by the Beat Generation founders.
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Beat Generation and Bohemian Culture: digihitch.com
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Subcultural stories and resources with book reviews, recommended links, original articles and event listings. Featuring Jack Kerouac and influential beat characters.
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Ashcan Rantings and Kind King Light of Mind
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Why the Beats Still Matter by actor J.C. Shakespeare
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Amram, David. "A vanishing America?:
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Kerouac memories, a Guthrie symphony and a trip to Nathan’s Coney Island hot dog emporium
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What Are Souls? An Interview with Michael McClure
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by Jack Foley, includes discussion of Six Gallery reading, 1955, of "For the Death of 100 Whales" poem.
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Paul Bowles Photographs
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Literary friends of writer Bowles, visiting him in Tangier in 1950s and 1960s. Includes Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso.
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Six Poets at Six Gallery
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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.
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San Franciso Renaissance
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6 Poets at 6 Gallery by Al Aronowitz
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The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives
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San Francsico State University; artist biographies and MP3 audio files; founded in 1954 on the basis of a gift by W.H. Auden.
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Huncke Times
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Herbert Huncke, the original Beat; major influence on William Burroughs.
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A Blackout Tavern
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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.
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Books by the Beat Generation
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Nice review of major books (collectables) by the Beats
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A Short Guide to Denton Welsh
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Author, painter. 1915-1948. Major literary influence on William Burroughs.
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Herbert Huncke Interviewed
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Exclusive interview of Beat Generation icon by author Johnny Strike
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Blue Neon Alley: The Beat Generation
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A directory articles and resources for authors of the beat generation.
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Beatscene
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Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of the Beat Generation. Published from Coventry.
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