Williamsburg Regional Library

The beat book, writings from the beat generation, edited by Anne Waldman ; foreword by Allen Ginsberg

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Includes bibliographical references

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The beat book

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edited by Anne Waldman ; foreword by Allen Ginsberg

writings from the beat generation

The Beat movement exploded into American culture in the early 1950s with the force of prophecy. Not just another literary school, it was an artistic and social revolution. William S. Burroughs proclaimed that the Beat writers were "real architects of change. There is no doubt that we're living in a freer America as a result of the Beat literary movement, which is an important part of the larger picture of cultural and political change in this country during the last forty years, when a four-letter word couldn't appear on the printed page and minority rights were ridiculous." Anne Waldman, a renowned poet and longtime friend of many of these writers, has gathered in this volume a range of the best and most exemplary writings of the Beat poets and novelists. Selections from the Beat classics appear, as well as more recent prose and poetry demonstrating the continued vitality of the Beat experiment. Included are short biographies of the contributors, an extensive bibliography of Beat literature, and a unique guide to "Beat places" around the world--from Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, where his novel "Dr. Sax " takes place, to Tangier, where Burroughs wrote parts of "Naked Lunch."--, Publisher description

Gregory Corso -- Jack Kerouac -- Neal Cassady -- Allen Ginsberg -- Peter Orlovsky -- Diane di Prima -- John Wieners -- William S. Burroughs -- Amiri Baraka -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Joanne Kyger -- Lew Welch -- Lenore Kandel -- Philip Whalen -- Bob Kaufman -- Michael McClure -- Gary Snyder

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