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“Watch her smile. Feel the vibration of her voice course through your body and let the deep reediness consume you. Listen to her read from Ginsberg’s ‘Howl.’ Have a few laughs as she tells a joke or makes humorous observations. See her jump up and down in anger and frenzy while reading the Declaration of Independence. Dance to her voice as she struts Jagger-style from one side of the stage to the other. Cheer as she yells “Fuck You!” at an odd request from the audience. Sweat from the energy and dance, dance dance.” - Michael Hendrick, Patti Smith and the Beats

[jackkerrouac]

Beatdom articles - index

2020

AN INTERVIEW WITH ALLEN GINSBERG (NEW)

THE FALL OF AMERICA JOURNALS 1965-1971: A META-REVIEW (NEW)

HUNTER S. THOMPSON AND THE BEATS (NEW)

THE 5 BEST BOOKS ABOUT WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS 

NEW BOOKS ON HUNTER THOMPSON AND WILLIAM BURROUGHS 

WHY DID WILLIAM BURROUGHS SHOOT HIS WIFE? 

REVIEW: THE FALL OF AMERICA JOURNALS

A SIXTY-YEAR HISTORY OF THE RUM DIARY

THE HOWLING INFERNO: CRYING OUT IN ANGUISH TO AMERICA

ALLEN GINSBERG’S FIRST POEM?

BURROUGHS AND SCOTLAND

EXPLORING THE LAING-TROCCHI-BERKE CONNECTION

THE PROTESTS OF GINSBERG AND DI PRIMA AS MARGINALIZED MINORITIES

ALLEGORIES FROM THE CAVE: BURROUGHS AND TROCCHI – A PLATONIC LOVE

ALLEN GINSBERG CHANGED MY LIFE

THE BEST AND WORST BEAT BOOK COVERS

VIRGULES / AFTER CÉZANNE

2019 

A SHOE THAT FITS THE MIND – GINSBERG’S SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNALS

“HOWL” CONTINUES TO OFFEND IN THE ERA OF TABLOID JOURNALISM

CONVERSATIONS WITH ALLEN GINSBERG

FIFTY YEARS AFTER KEROUAC

SNYDER, KEROUAC, AND THE DHARMA

DADDY’S GIRL

SPECIFICITY: THE SECRET BRILLIANCE OF HUNTER S. THOMPSON

CUTTING UP THE CENTURY: A REVIEW

REVIEW: ON VALENCIA STREET

REFLECTIONS ON JACK KEROUAC’S FAVORITE LINE IN SHAKESPEARE

INSANITY IN GINSBERG’S AND EPSTEIN’S HOWL FROM A FOUCAULDIAN POINT OF VIEW

MOVING TOWARDS THE LIGHT: THE TRIUMPH OF SPIRITUALITY IN THE POETRY OF ALLEN GINSBERG

ALLEN’S BUDDHISM

ENTER THE FREAK KINGDOM

BEAT BOOKS 2019

A LADY’S CHOICE: A REFLECTION ON DIANE DI PRIMA’S “BRASS FURNACE GOING OUT: SONG, AFTER AN ABORTION”

THE GREAT WRITING CAPER

LITTLE WOMEN

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS AND MUSIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH CASEY RAE

AN EXCERPT FROM WORLD CITIZEN

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI TURNS 100

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Coming soon.

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A Sixty-Year History of The Rum Diary

Sixty years ago today, Hunter S. Thompson published an article about his friend that shines a little light on his novel, The Rum Diary.

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Get your copy of Beatdom here.

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Beatdom #20 is now on sale. It features Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Diane di Prima, and Timothy Leary. 

Check it out.

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Some recent publications from Beatdom Books - www.beatdom.com. 

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