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Howl Howl Allen Ginsberg This annotated version of Ginsberg's classic is the poet's own re-creation of the revolutionary work's composition process, along with anecdotes and an intimate look at the poet's writing techniques. OL102487W
You’ll Be Okay You’ll Be Okay Edie Parker Kerouac Edie Parker was eighteen years old when she met Jack Kerouac at Columbia University in 1940. A young socialite from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she had come to New York to study art, and quickly found h… OL12098203W
Beerspit Night and Cursing Beerspit Night and Cursing Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised … OL14955340W
The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice Allen Ginsberg These are earliest journals and never-before-published poems of legendary Beat Generation avatar and poet extraordinaire Allen Ginsberg. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept journals throughout his entire… OL14997473W
The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, 1956-1991 The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder, 1956-1991 Gary Snyder One of the central relationships in the Beat scene was the long-lasting friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Bill Morgan, Ginsberg’s biographer, has selected the most significant of the 850 … OL15175485W
Windblown world Windblown world Jack Kerouac,Douglas G. Brinkley Excerpts from his diaries chronicle a pivotal era in Kerouac's life, describing the creation of his first novel; his special friendships with Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady; and his own take on the … OL15841084W
Beat Culture Beat Culture William Lawlor Beat Culture captures in a single volume six decades of cultural and countercultural expression in the arts and society. It goes beyond other works, which are often limited to Beat writers like Willi… OL1804201W
The beat generation The beat generation Lynn M. Zott "The second title in the new Gale Critical Companion collection series focusing on important literary movements brings together the salient topics, representative works, and major writers of Beat lit… OL18221436W
Beat Beat Christopher Felver A collection of images, text, ephemera, artifacts, and reminiscence celebrates the creative spirit and joyous antics of the men and women known as the Beat Generation. Spotlighted are Hunter S. Thom… OL1875144W
Włóczędzy Dharmy Włóczędzy Dharmy Jack Kerouac Two ebullient young men are engaged in a passionate search for dharma, or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way, which takes them climbing into the high Sierras to seek the lesso… OL24308754W
Memory babe Memory babe Gerald Nicosia A thoroughly researched portrait of Beat writer Jack Kerouac and his life, times, and work. OL3943373W
Off the road Off the road Carolyn Cassady This book was a natural progression for me - my first being The Subterraneans followed by On The Road both by Jack Kerouac and then this book Off The Road. An interesting read, humorous, startling a… OL4443889W
Spontaneous Mind Spontaneous Mind Allen Ginsberg,David A. Carter "The interviews collected in Spontaneous Mind, chronologically arranged and in some cases previously unpublished, were conducted throughout Allen Ginsberg's long career. Always a candid and engaging … OL4624474W
Factotum Factotum Charles Bukowski One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service… OL50452W
Atop an Underwood Atop an Underwood Jack Kerouac An anthology of early stories by the poet of the Beat generation. Topics range from his time in Columbia University, from which he was expelled, to an excerpt from a novel which is based on his servi… OL65917W
Book of Dreams Book of Dreams Jack Kerouac,Robert Creeley Book of Dreams is a comprehensive dream journal published by Jack Kerouac in 1960 that covers all recorded dreams from 1952-1960. In it Kerouac tries to continue plot-lines with characters from his b… OL65921W
Maggie Cassidy Maggie Cassidy Jack Kerouac Maggie Cassidy tells the story of Jean and Maggie, a couple of girls in love with the idea of being in love, looking ahead to marriage with hope and trepidation whilst trying to mature in a New Engla… OL65932W
Desolation angels Desolation angels Jack Kerouac Desolation Angels is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac, which makes up part of his Duluoz Legend. It was published in 1965, but was written years earlier, a… OL65936W
Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski Howard Sounes Locked in The Arms of a Crazy Life is the acclaimed biography of Charles Bukowski, the hard-drinking barfly whose semi-autobiographical books about low-life America made him a cult figure across the … OL73227W
Minor characters Minor characters Joyce Johnson Joyce Johnson grew up bright and sensitive in Manhattan in the '50s of the cold war and gray flannel suits. "Attracted to decadence," with "little respect for respectability," she had a boundless - a… OL894826W
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