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Naropa University - Audio Archive Project - http://www.archive.org/details/naropa
Massive oral collection from Buddhist university; includes Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, Diane DiPrima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti. |
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Wikipedia: Beat Generation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Generation
Detailed article lists principal writers in New York, San Francisco and elsewhere, and explains links to music, visual arts, and drug and alcohol use. With section on anti-Beats such as Norman Podhoretz. |
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American Museum of Beat Art - http://www.beatmuseum.org/
Museum located in Pasadena, California. Featuring writers, poets, film, artists, photographs, manifestos, and critical writing. |
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The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives - http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/
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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Larry Keenan - Beat Generation & Counter-Culture Photography Galleries - http://emptymirrorbooks.com/keenan/
Featuring Keenan's famed fine art photographs of the Beat Generation and Hippies and counterculture, from 1964 to now. Includes a biography and exhibitions, publications. No photographer was closer to the Beats. |
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Dharma Beat Links - http://www.wordsareimportant.com/dharmabeat.htm
A directory on writer Jack Kerouac, and his friends, including Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. |
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Beat Generation at the Gay, Lesbian, B, T, Queer Encyclopedia - http://www.glbtq.com/literature/beat_gen.html
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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Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek Official Website - http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com/
Beat poet McClure and former Door's band member Manzarek's website focuses on their collaboration of music and poetry projects and publications, performances, books, CDs, and videos. |
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Beatscene - http://www.beatscene.net/
Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of America's Beat Generation. |
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the beats: new york - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/beatsny.html
University of Virginia. Sharp cover images of first-edition books by William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady. |
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Cultural Chronology of Early Beat Generation Literature - http://www.connectotel.com/beat/beatchr1.html
Annotated list of beat publication dates and events, by Larry Smith (Firelands College of BGSU) |
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Paul Bowles Photographs - http://www.paulbowles.org/photoslit3.html
Literary friends of writer Bowles, visiting him in Tangier in 1950s and 1960s. Includes Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso. |
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Brautigan, Richard (1935-1984) - http://www.brautigan.net/
Bibliography and information about the writer told in text, images, and other resources. Maintained by John F. Barber. |
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Amram, David. "A vanishing America?: - http://www.popmatters.com/chapter/Issue3/amram.html
Kerouac memories, a Guthrie symphony and a trip to Nathan’s Coney Island hot dog emporium |
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The birth of the beatnik - http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/features/campbe01.html
By James Campbell, author of This is the Beat Generation, 1999. Excellent background to the naming of the beats by Herb Caen - post Sputnik. |
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Malcolm McNeill Interview on William Burroughs, Ah Puch Is Here - http://www.vlib.us/beats/malcolmmcneill.html
Emmy award winning artist McNeill worked with Burroughs in London during early 1970s, on comic series, The Unspeakable Mr. Hart, and graphic novel, Ah Puch Is Here (aka, Ah Pook is Here), from Beats In Kansas, 2007 |
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Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Poetry - http://www.danielmoorepoetry.com/
A selection from the lifework in poetry, theater and art of Moore, whose first book of poems, Dawn Visions, was published by City Lights Books in 1964, and the second, Burnt Heart /An Ode to the War Dead in 1972. |
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Goodie Magazine - http://www.goodie.org/
Lost Beat poets |
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The Beat Generation and the Sixties - http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/hum/english/beats.html
A guide to web resources, combining Beats and leading into the Hippies and 1960s. Created and maintained by Alan Keig, University of Adelaide Library, Australia. Adds a non-USA view of the Beats. |
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Ann Charters Interview - http://wiredforbooks.org/anncharters/index.htm
1992 audio interview by Don Swaim with author of Beat Down to Your Soul: What Was the Beat Generation, and The Portable Beat Reader. |
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Charles Plymell : The Benzedrine Highway Interview - http://www.jackmagazine.com/interview-ch-paul.html
by Paul Hawkins, Jack Magazine, photographs; Early beat writer & poet Plymell became well known after the 1971 publication of his novel, Last of The Moccasins. Included are comments from Roxie Powell, Hammond Guthrie, Laki Vazakas, Ginger Killian Eades, and Mike Watt. |
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PoLarity eMagazine - http://www.poembeat.com/index.html
New American Bohemian Literature, George Wallace, editor. Fiction, photographs, Beat events |
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James Mechem, Beat Writer and Publisher, New York - http://www.vlib.us/beats/mechemlow.html
Caprice magazine and Bowery Poetry Club founder; interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2003 by poet Denise Low, original photographs. |
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A Blackout Tavern - http://www.vlib.us/beats/ablackout.html
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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Aram Saroyan, writer, poet, playwright - http://www.aramsaroyan.com
An international writer with ties to the Beats; author of "The Saga of Lew Welch and the Beat Generation" |
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Remembering William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg - http://www.vlib.us/beats/mccrary.html
Personal observations by poet Jim McCrary, a longtime friend of Burroughs, and his office manager for ten years. |
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Ashleigh Brilliant - http://www.ashleighbrilliant.com/writings.html
artist and writer, creator of pot-shots cartoons, famous for their 17-word limit. |
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This is the Beat Generation - http://www.rooknet.net/beatpage/writers/holmes.html
by John Clellon Holmes, A 26-year-old defines his times, New York Times Magazine, Nov. 16, 1952. Very early essay on Beats; Holmes also wrote novel "Go" in 1952, the first book to cover Kerouac, Ginsberg, et al. |
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Books by the Beat Generation - http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller11.html
Nice review of major books (collectables) by the Beats, by Dr. Donald W. Miller, Jr. |
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http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/beat-list.html - http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/beat-list.html
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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Ah Puch Is Here - http://www.burroughsmcneillart.com/
Malcolm McNeill and William Burroughs - art work for unpublished image novel (aka, Ah Pook Is Here) created in early 1970s in London. |
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Charles Plymell, from Kansa, Land of the Wind People - http://www.vlib.us/beats/charlesplymellkansa.html
biographical writing from Plymell, early beat generation poet, author. |
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Celestial Homework - http://www.stevesilberman.com/celestial/
Reading list with links for "Literary History of the Beat Generation," a course taught by Allen Ginsberg at Naropa Institute in 1977 |
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Ferus Gallery (1957-66) - http://www.ferusgallery.com
A gallery of West Coast artist's of the 1950's, establishing many of them into various degrees of fame. Includes Robert (Bob) Alexander, John Reed, Wallace Berman, and Walter Hopps. |
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Henry Miller and William Burroughs: An Overview - http://realitystudio.org/scholarship/henry-miller-and-william-burroughs-an-overview/
Reality Studio's: the influence of Henry Miller on Burroughs at Harvard in September 1935, his senior year, when the Harvard Advocate printed Miller, his first publication in America. |
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Observed While Falling: Bill Burroughs, Ah Pook and Me - http://www.lostartofahpook.com/owf-3.htm
Excerpts from new book by artist Malcolm McNeill on the 1970s, London, and working with Burroughs on a graphic novel. |
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Ruined Time: The 1950s and the Beat - http://www.ruinedtime.com
Memoir of the Great Depression, World War II, and the 1950s with an uniquely Beat outlook. |
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Oliver Harris on Burroughs - http://realitystudio.org/scholarship/cutting-up-the-archive-william-burroughs-and-the-composite-text/
Dr. Harris, a leading Beat scholar on "William Burroughs and the Composite Text," presented at the 4th Annual Symposium on Textual Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK; 25 May 2007. |
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The Beat Page - http://www.rooknet.net/beatpage/
Biographies, photos and included works of Beat Generation writers. |
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Allen Ginsberg and his world: photos by Gordon Ball - http://www.jacketmagazine.com/33/gb/index.html
Ball edited three books with poet Allen Ginsberg, including Pulitzer Prize nominee "Allen Verbatim." |
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William Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg: PJs photograph - http://www.vlib.us/beats/burroughsginsberg.html
Morning in Burroughs' house, with Beat founders in old fashion cotton pajamas. 1984, by Pat Elliott, Lawrence, KS |
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Moody's Skidrow Beanery - http://www.vlib.us/beats/oconnor.html
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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Timothy Leary on William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Bou Saada - http://realitystudio.org/interviews/timothy-leary-on-william-burroughs-brion-gysin-and-bou-saada/
interview, Pataphysics, October 17, 1989. On beats in Algiers, Tangiers, cut-ups, and the "Dream Machine." From INTO-GAL, 2006 |
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Denver's Beat Poetry Driving Tour - http://www.denvergov.org/AboutDenver/today_driving_beat_introduction.asp
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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San Francisco Renaissance - http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/column26.html
6 Poets at 6 Gallery by Al Aronowitz. |
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Cold War Correspondents: Ginsberg, Kerouac, Cassady, and the Political Economy of Beat Letters, - http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/staff/Harris/coldwarcor.pdf
by Dr. Oliver Harris, Dept. of American Studies, Keele University, England, leading Burroughs scholar. |
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Beat Generation and Bohemian Culture: digihitch.com - http://beat.digihitch.com/
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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Haight Ashbury Song Book - http://www.vlib.us/beats/haightashburysongbook.html
by Ashleigh Brilliant, 1967, San Francisco's "Songs of love and haight." Beat Generation to hippie transition. |
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Six Poets at Six Gallery - http://www.mundomundo.com/6-poets.html
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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Corban LePell letter on art - http://www.vlib.us/beats/corbanlepell/letter.html
Beat artist LePell writes on art in a letter to student Sylvia Smith Kleindinst, 1955 |
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Beat Generation in Tangiers - http://www.vlib.us/beats/burroughstangiers.html
Author Chuck Woww visits Tangiers and writes to Beat William Burroughs about it, with photographs of Cafe Centrale and the Tangier beach, 2008. |
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Beat SuperNova - http://www.beatsupernovarasa.com/thebeats/thebeats.htm
A large list of beats and people related to the beat movement. |
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Shapes of Time: The Beats - http://www.shapesoftime.net/pages/viewpage.asp?uniqid=11769
by Marshall Mateer, Belfast; memories of buying Seymour Krim's "The Beats" in Northern Ireland in 1962, by the then 17-year old Mateer. |
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Beat Movement - http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/beatmov/more.shtml
An overview of Beat poetry, literature, history, and film. |
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Harold Norse, Poet - http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/norse_bio.html
Norse (1916- ) was among the American expatriates in Europe during the 1950's and early 1960's. He was an occupant of the Beat Hotel, Paris, where he first caught up with the Beat generation writers in 1960. Poet William Carlos Williams was his mentor. |
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Taylor Mead - The Bowery Poetry Club - Part I - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl11V7PI7JA
YouTube - Filmed December 22, 2006, at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, where Beat poet Mead still performs. |
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Blue Neon Alley: The Beat Generation - http://www.kerouacalley.com/beatgeneration.html
A directory articles and resources for authors of the beat generation. |
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Characters In Beat and Bohemian Literature - http://home.swbell.net/worchel/charkey.htm
Listing by person's last name to their fictional character name(s) in Beat literature. From Worchel Institute for the Study of Beat and Bohemian Literature. |
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Philomene Long -- Interview for Ruta 66 - http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/phlmbio.html
By Jordi Pujol Nadal. Greenwich Village native and the Beat Queen of Venice, CA, poet Long and her late husband, poet John Thomas, helped create the Los Angeles poetry scene. |
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Beat Quotes - http://www.angelfire.com/al/filosofy/beatquote.html
Quotes by or pertaining to a beat author. |
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Gordon Ball's Beat Generation - http://academics.vmi.edu/english/Beats.html
Ball teaches at the Virginia Military Institute -- a photo of Allen Ginsberg teaching Ball's class is now a classic. |
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Bibliography of The Beat Generation - http://honors.umd.edu/HONR269J/bibBeats.html
A 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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Stuart Perkoff / Philomene Long - Death Bed Conversation - http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/withperkoff.html
A central figure in the Venice Beat scene, poet Perkoff died at age 44 on June 24, 1974. Beat Poet Long was his lover. |
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Herbert Huncke Interviewed - http://realitystudio.org/interviews/herbert_huncke_by_johnny_strike
Exclusive interview of Beat Generation icon by author Johnny Strike |
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Death Of The Beat Generation - http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/viewpoint/102797vi.htm
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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Robert Cass, New Orleans Beat Legend - http://www.alaronowitz.com/column75k.html
Dennis Formento interviews Robert Cass, New Orleans' oldest living beatnik, 1999. Cass published "Climax: A Creative Review in the Jazz Spirit" in 1955 and 1956 from the bar, A Quarterite Place, 733 Bourbon St. It was among the earliest of the Beat literature. |
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Letters to Nanette - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTUofpt_vE
Reading by beat generation writer, Bob Biderman, of excerpt from his early 60s novel, "Letters To Nanette" set in Cafe Trieste, San Francisco. Video from YouTube. |
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Semiology: Beats Vs. Beatniks In 1950s American Culture - http://rant.bizland.com/beatnik.html
by Grant L. Allen. Transition from beat idea to beatnik myth distorted the original almost beyond recognition. |
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Beatfootprints.com - http://www.beatfootprints.com/
A photographic essay of Beat Generation landmarks in New York City. |
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Hibblen Radio - Beat Generation - http://www.hibblenradio.com/beat.html
A portfolio website for CBS News Radio reporter Michael Hibblen featuring sound clips of the Beat Generation |
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Birth of The Beats is Born, 64 years later - http://www.lawrence.com/news/2008/nov/17/birth_beats_born_68_years_later/
James Grauerholz on William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac 1946 book, "And the Hippos Were Boiled in their Tanks," the first writing by later Beat literature giants, finally published in 2008. |
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William Burroughs interviewed by Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso - http://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/gregory-corso-allen-ginsberg-interview-with-william-s-burroughs-1961/
1961 free-form discussion by three of the Beat Generation literary leaders. |
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Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”: Fifty years later and in its own time - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/apr2007/gins-a05.shtml
By Andras Gyorgy; World Socialist take on the conditions that the Beats wrote in versus current realites. |
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Roxie Powell — Wild Whispers - http://www.synaesthesia.net/?cat=67
Robert Peters said of Powell’s first chapbook, "anyone anxious for an original experience in poetry will love Dreams of Straw." Allen Ginsberg paid for a second printing of the book. From Kansas, friend of Charley Plymell and Dave Haselwood. |
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Poets Charles Plymell, Roxie Powell - http://www.vlib.us/beats/plymellroxie.html
Photograph of Beat writers and poets Plymell and Powell, Cherry Valley, NY, 2009; photograph by videographer Laki Vazakas. |
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Back Beat - http://thephoenix.com//Boston/Arts/70366-Back-Beat/
Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs's co-authored noir novel, "And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks" resurfaces. How the post-Beats make money, by infamous boxing sports writer, Beat George Kimball. |
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Michael McClure: An Anthology of Poems - http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/mcclure/mcclurea.htm
Selected by the author for the "Margins" symposium series in 1975. McClure is one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955. |
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How Beat Happened - http://gcorso.cliro.unibo.it/CorsoG/articoli/how_beat_happened.htm
by Steve Silberman. Article from SF Weekly. |
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Beat Generation Trading Cards - http://deniskitchen.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=TC_JC.Beat&Category_Code=
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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And the Beat Goes On - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/09/DD158147.DTL
about City Lights bookstore and the counterculture: 1961 - 1974, on its 50th anniversary, from S.F. Gate, 2003 |
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Charles Plymell, from The Last of the Moccasins - http://www.vlib.us/beats/charlesplymellmoccasins.html
On the Wichita Vortex, from outlaw poet and early beat generation author Plymell, friend of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. |
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A Short Guide to Denton Welsh - http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/BLP/websites/LOUTTIT%20WEBSITE/Index.htm
Author, painter. 1915-1948. Major literary influence on William Burroughs. |
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The Beat Papers of Al Aronowitz - http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/1beat.html
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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Literary Kicks - http://www.litkicks.com
A free-form study of Beat Literature, literary community and underground culture. |