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Beatdom Literary Journal

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A #LiteraryJournal devoted to the study of the Beat Generation and related countercultural movements.

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Here is some of the work that we have published at Beatdom over the past 17 years. #books #beatgeneration
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Joan Vollmer Burroughs - recent discoveries - an examination of her early life - allenginsberg.org/2025/03/m-…
Joan Vollmer ("Ordinary Stupid People") - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Joan Vollmer ("Ordinary Stupid People") - The Allen Ginsberg Project

  Photograph(s) by Ben Schot for Sea Urchin Editions A belated note today for another important book from Moloko Press. We’ve already enthused about Oliver Harris‘ titles, (notably One Shot Mystery),...

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Friday's Weekly Round-Up - Anne Waldman Outrider - Beats and Beatnik and Beep Generation - new Kerouac collection reviewed - Patti Smith - and more - allenginsberg.org/2025/03/f-…
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Today is World Poetry Day - Poetry in Ukraine - previous Allen Ginsberg scholarship challenged - Burroughs in London, Giorno in Milan, bluesman Sam Charters, and the official release of Songs Without Words - allenginsberg.org/2025/03/f-…
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On March 18, 1956, one of the most important Beat poetry readings took place. Here's the full story... beatdom.substack.com/p/the-b…
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A new article on William Burroughs, art, and his complicated past. theguardian.com/artanddesign…
William S Burroughs’s art: ‘He said, I killed the only woman I loved. Then broke down sobbing’

William S Burroughs’s art: ‘He said, I killed the only woman I loved. Then broke down sobbing’

Notorious for his drug-fuelled literary experiments and the fact that he shot his partner, beat writer Burroughs also made art inspired by the climate crisis

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It's #InternationalWomensDay, so here are a few great memoirs by women of the Beat Generation.
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Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1968
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Charles Shuttleworth, editor of a forthcoming book on Jack Kerouac, writes about the origins of Kerouac's Buddhist studies. beatdom.com/kerouac-buddhism…
Kerouac’s Buddhism: When, Where, and Why It Began

Kerouac’s Buddhism: When, Where, and Why It Began

Charles Shuttleworth explains when and how Jack Kerouac first became interested in Buddhism.

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Friday's Weekly Round-Up - "Television Was a Baby crawling Toward That Death Chamber", Howl.camera - Ross Goodwin, Pierre Joris, Gerd Stern, Trungpa, & Losar (the Tibetan new year) - allenginsberg.org/.../f-f-28…
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To what extent was Allen Ginsberg influenced by Kenneth Rexroth? This essay explores the surprising connection between these poets: beatdom.substack.com/p/thou-…
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A few days ago, it was the 20th anniversary of the passing of the great Hunter S. Thompson. We uncovered the meaning of the word "gonzo" to mark this occasion. It had been a mystery for 55 years... beatdom.substack.com/p/uncov…
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tl;dr - Bill Cardoso first used it to talk about HST's Kentucky Derby article in 1970. That same week, Cardoso edited an essay on Richard Alpert (Baba Ram Dass) in which the author said he "went Gonzo" on an LSD-like substance.
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Gerd Stern passed away recently. nytimes.com/2025/02/19/arts/…
Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96 (Published 2025)

Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96 (Published 2025)

An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.

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He was managing Maya Angelou when she performed at the SF Arts Festival the year Allen Ginsberg gave his first poetry reading. beatdom.substack.com/p/allen…
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Allen Ginsberg on William Blake this week -1979 lecture at Naropa  - allenginsberg.org/2025/02/m-…
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Friday's Weekly Round-Up - David Wills on Howl's first reading, Allen Ginsberg set to Chopin, Theatrical activism, William Burroughs, Marianne Faithfull, AG & the IRS, & more - Friday's Weekly Round-Up on the Allen Ginsberg Project - allenginsberg.org/2025/02/ff…
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On September 16, 1955, Allen Ginsberg gave his first poetry reading. One usually reliable source claims that he read "Howl" but can we trust this account? That's the aim of our latest long-form investigative essay: beatdom.substack.com/p/allen…
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