Dissertation Help Save
Dissertation and literature review assistance.
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BA English by Distance Learning Save
Prestigious University of London undergraduate qualifications.
www.LondonExternal.ac.uk/humanities (sponsored link)
 

UK Management Masters (All Study Modes) Save
Improve career w/ Cmi accredited UK management degree. Apply Now.
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Literary Kicks Save
A free-form study of Beat Literature, literary community and underground culture -- growing since 1994!
http://www.litkicks.com   

The Beat Generation and the Sixties: Save
A guide to web resources, combining Beats and leading into the Hippies & 1960s. Created and maintained by Alan Keig, University of Adelaide Library, Australia. Adds a unique non-USA view of the Beats.
http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/gu...   

Allen Ginsberg: PJs photograph Save
Morning in Burroughs' house, with Beat founders in old fashion cotton pajamas. 1984, by Pat Elliott, Lawrence, KS
http://www.vlib.us/beats/burroughsgin...   

Counter-Culture Photography Galleries Save
Featuring Keenan's famed fine art photographs of the Beat Generation & Hippies and counterculture, from 1964 to now. Includes a biography and exhibitions, publications. No photographer was closer to the Beats.
http://emptymirrorbooks.com/keenan/   

Ray Manzarek Official Website Save
Beat poet McClure & former Door's band member Manzarek's website focuses on their collaboration of music & poetry projects & publications, performances, books, CDs, and videos.
http://www.mcclure-manzarek.com/   

The Fine Art of Pot-Shots Save
Wits of Bizdom: Interview by James Moore, The Iowa Source Magazine
http://www.iowasource.com/arts/ashlei...   

A Blackout Tavern Save
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.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/ablackout.html   

A Short Guide to Denton Welsh Save
Author, painter. 1915-1948. Major literary influence on William Burroughs.
http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/BLP/web...   

A brief introduction to the beat (in) film Save
An Analysis of Beat Cinema
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/content...   

A vanishing America?: Save
Kerouac memories, a Guthrie symphony and a trip to Nathan’s Coney Island hot dog emporium
http://www.popmatters.com/chapter/Iss...   

Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”: Fifty years later and in its own time Save
By Andras Gyorgy; World Socialist take on the conditions that the Beats wrote in versus current realites.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/apr...   

American Museum of Beat Art Save
Museum located in Pasadena, California. Featuring writers, poets, film, artists, photographs, manifestos, and critical writing.
http://www.beatmuseum.org/   

Aram Saroyan, writer, poet, playwright Save
An international writer with ties to the Beats; author of "The Saga of Lew Welch and the Beat Generation"
http://www.aramsaroyan.com   

Ashcan Rantings and Kind King Light of Mind Save
Why the Beats Still Matter by actor J.C. Shakespeare
http://www.altx.com/io/beatgeneration...   

Ashleigh Brilliant Save
artist and writer, creator of pot-shots cartoons, famous for their 17-word limit.
http://www.ashleighbrilliant.com/   

Beat Generation Trading Cards Save
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.
http://deniskitchen.com/Merchant2/mer...   

Beat Generation and Bohemian Culture: digihitch.com Save
Subcultural stories and resources with book reviews, recommended links, original articles and event listings. Featuring Jack Kerouac and influential beat characters.
http://beat.digihitch.com/   

Beat Generation at the Gay, Lesbian, B, T, Queer Encyclopedia Save
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.
http://www.glbtq.com/literature/beat_...   

Beat Movement Save
An overview of Beat poetry, literature, history, and film.
http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/beatmov/...   

Beat Quotes Save
Quotes by or pertaining to a beat author.
http://angelfire.com/al/filosofy/beat...   

Beat SuperNova Save
A large list of beats and people related to the beat movement.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhode...   

Beat-L Save
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.
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilrei...   

Beats In Kansas: the Beat Generation in the Heartland Save
Collection of links and original articles. Many Beats were from Kansas. Original photos of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/   

Beatscene Save
Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of America's Beat Generation.
http://www.beatscene.net/   

Bibliography of The Beat Generation Save
Comprehensive list of books, articles and essays about the Beats from University of Maryland class: The Beat Begins - America in the 1950s
http://honors.umd.edu/HONR269J/bibBea...   

Blue Neon Alley: The Beat Generation Save
A directory articles and resources for authors of the beat generation.
http://www.neonalley.org/beatgenerati...   

Books by the Beat Generation Save
Nice review of major books (collectables) by the Beats
http://www.lewrockwell.com/miller/mil...   

Celestial Homework Save
Reading list with links for "Literary History of the Beat Generation," a course taught by Allen Ginsberg at Naropa Institute in 1977
http://levity.com/digaland/celestial/   

Cold War Correspondents: Ginsberg, Kerouac, Cassady, and the Political Economy of Beat Letters, Save
by Dr. Oliver Harris, Dept. of American Studies, Keele University, England, leading Burroughs scholar.
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/staff...   

Cultural Chronology of Early Beat Generation Literature Save
Annotated list of beat publication dates and events, by Larry Smith (Firelands College of BGSU)
http://www.connectotel.com/beat/beatc...   

Death Of The Beat Generation Save
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.
http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive...   

Denver's Beat Poetry Driving Tour Save
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.
http://www.denvergov.org/AboutDenver/...   

Dharma Beat Links Save
A directory on writer Jack Kerouac, and his friends, including Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady.
http://www.wordsareimportant.com/dhar...   

Goodie Magazine Save
Lost Beat poets
http://www.goodie.org/   

Gordon Ball's Beat Generation Save
Ball teaches at the Virginia Military Institute -- a photo of Allen Ginsberg teaching Ball's class is now a classic.
http://academics.vmi.edu/english/Beat...   

Haight Ashbury Song Book Save
by Ashleigh Brilliant, 1967, San Francisco's "Songs of love and haight." Beat Generation to hippie transition.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/haightashbur...   

Herbert Huncke Interviewed Save
Exclusive interview of Beat Generation icon by author Johnny Strike
http://realitystudio.org/interviews/h...   

Hibblen Radio - Beat Generation Save
A portfolio website for CBS News Radio reporter Michael Hibblen featuring sound clips of the Beat Generation
http://www.hibblenradio.com/beat.html   

How Beat Happened Save
Article from SF Weekly.
http://ezone.org/ez/e2/articles/digam...   

Huncke Times Save
Herbert Huncke, the original Beat; major influence on William Burroughs.
http://www.huncke-times.com/   

James Mechem, Beat Writer and Publisher, New York Save
Caprice magazine founder; interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2003 by poet Denise Low.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/mechemlow.html   

Mom's Scrapbook Save
In memory of Patricia Harrison, with notes on Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs; also Louise Nevelson and others.
http://www.jimcheval.com/Mom   

Moody's Skidrow Beanery Save
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.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/oconnor.html   

Naropa University - Audio Archive Project Save
Massive oral collection from Buddhist university; includes Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, Diane DiPrima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
http://www.archive.org/details/naropa   

Panopticon Save
Poems by Paul Farrar Lawless (1915-83), the forgotten beat poet. A dedicated pacifist, these poems reflect a spiritual journey to Mt. Shasta on the eve of America's involvement in WWII.
http://www.ironorchid.com/lawless/   

Paul Bowles Photographs Save
Literary friends of writer Bowles, visiting him in Tangier in 1950s and 1960s. Includes Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso.
http://www.paulbowles.org/photoslit3....   

Philomene Long -- Interview for Ruta 66 Save
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.
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/third...   

PoLarity eMagazine Save
New American Bohemian Literature, George Wallace, editor. Fiction, photographs, Beat events
http://www.poembeat.com/index.html   

Remembering William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg Save
Personal observations by poet Jim McCrary, a longtime friend of Burroughs, and his office manager for ten years.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/mccrary.html   

Ruined Time: The 1950s and the Beat Save
Memoir of the Great Depression, World War II, and the 1950s with an uniquely Beat outlook.
http://www.ruinedtime.com   

Salon Books | Breaking up with the Beats Save
Kerouac and company were David Gates' first literary loves -- but he had to get off their road.
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/19...   

San Francisco Renaissance Save
6 Poets at 6 Gallery by Al Aronowitz.
http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/...   

Semiology: Beats Vs. Beatniks In 1950s American Culture Save
by Grant L. Allen. Transition from beat idea to beatnik myth distorted the original almost beyond recognition.
http://rant.bizland.com/beatnik.html   

Six Poets at Six Gallery Save
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.
http://www.mundomundo.com/6-poets.html   

Stuart Perkoff / Philomene Long - Death Bed Conversation Save
A central figure in the Venice Beat scene, poet Perkoff died at age 44 on June 24, 1974. Beat Poet Long was his lover.
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/third...   

The Beat Page Save
Biographies, photos and included works of Beat Generation writers.
http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/   

The Beat Papers of Al Aronowitz Save
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.
http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/...   

The Beat Vortex Save
Poet Lee Streiff's site on the many Beat Generation artists that lived in Wichita, KS. Covers 1947-1966; includes Dave Haselwood, Charles Plymell; with original photos of Bruce Conner and Michael McClure in high school, other rare views of early 1950s.
http://homepage.mac.com/thorntonstrei...   

The Critical Poet Beat Generation Quiz Save
Take the Beat Generation Quiz and see how smart you really are.
http://thecriticalpoet.tripod.com/qui...   

The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives Save
San Francsico State University; artist biographies and MP3 audio files; founded in 1954 on the basis of a gift by W.H. Auden.
http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/   

The Wild Bohemian Home Page Save
Colin Pringle's articles and directory on wild cats and chicks, Hippies, the Beat Generation, Bohemian bands, outlaw bikers.
http://wild-bohemian.com/   

The birth of the beatnik Save
by James Campbell, author of This is the Beat Generation, 1999. Excellant background to the naming of the beats by Herb Caen -- post Sputnik.
http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/featu...   

Unspeakable Visions: The Beat Generation and The Bohemian Dialectic. Save
by Michael Haywood. 1991 paper on the history of the Beat writers in print, from their early stirrings in the underground press, through to their publication by mainstream publishers.
http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/Un...   

What Are Souls? An Interview with Michael McClure Save
by Jack Foley, includes discussion of Six Gallery reading, 1955, of "For the Death of 100 Whales" poem.
http://www.alsopreview.com/columns/fo...   

the beats: new york Save
University of Virginia. Sharp cover images of first-edition books by William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/e...   

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