Any attempt to label an entire generation is unrewarding, and yet the generation which went through the last war, or at least could get a drink easily once it was over, seems to possess a uniform, general quality which demands an adjective ... The origins of the word 'beat' are obscure, but the meaning is only too clear to most Americans. More than mere weariness, it implies the feeling of having been used, of being raw. It involves a sort of nakedness of mind, and, ultimately, of soul; a feeling of being reduced to the bedrock of consciousness. In short, it means being undramatically pushed up against the wall of oneself. Its members have an instinctive individuality, needing no bohemianism or imposed eccentricity to express it. - John Clellon Holmes
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Burroughs: The Movie (Howard Brookner, 1983).
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Jack Kerouac at a Beat Party at Seven Arts Coffee Gallery, 1959. Photo by Burt Glinn.
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William S. Burroughs’ home in Lawrence, KS
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Creating friction is man-made, as is religion.
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In the morning frost the cats step, slowly.
Jack Kerouac
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Allen Ginsberg, Photobooth, Mexico, 1954
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Jack Kerouac Reading Beatnik Poetry in Lower East Side Loft, February 15, 1959
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America Allen Ginsberg
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This years European Beat Studies Network conference is fast approaching. Artists, scholars, students, and writers will be gathering in Manchester next month to discuss the Beats, music and science. If you are in the area and are interested check out the conference program here!
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William Burroughs looking thrilled, celebrating his 70th birthday.
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Jack Kerouac, NYC ‘53 Photo by Allen Ginsberg
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Jack Kerouac by Joseph Sorota, 1938
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Bob Dylan in the Summer of 1964 © Douglas Gilbert
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I hope you get where you’re going, and be happy when you do.
Jack Kerouac, On The Road (via gabireadsbooks)
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When a publication of a large selection of poems by Amiri Baraka, who died this past year, was announced, I immediately determined to review it.
The Poet with a Razor in His Vest: Amiri Baraka’s Selected Poems
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Oh — I just decided to live…
Jack Kerouac, from Windblown World (via victoriajoan)
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Happy Birthday, Lawrence Ferlinghetti!
Enjoy these letters between Ferlinghetti and Frank O’Hara, as they hash out the details of publishing O’Hara’s “Lunch Poems.”
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