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1 2 3 >>>     sort list by title | author Robert Duncan in San Francisco Michael Rumaker HOT OFF THE PRESS: A revealing portrait of a major poet of the SF Renaissance and a gripping account of late '50s gay life. Ring of Bone Collected Poems (New & Expanded Edition) Lew Welch Just released! A new and expanded edition of the classic go-to collection of Lew Welch's poetry, a must for both fans and new readers. Beat Atlas A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation in America Bill Morgan The ultimate tour guide for those interested in the Beats and their travels "on the road." Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960 Pocket Poets Number 14, 50th Anniversary Edition Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a long poem written about the madness and death of his mother, Naomi, is widely considered to be one his major works. This special fiftieth­-anniversary edition of Kaddish & Other Poems features an illuminating afterword by... The Awakener A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties Helen Weaver Helen Weaver's intimate memoir of love and friendship with Jack Kerouac and the Beats Tau By Philip Lamantia and Journey to the End By John Hoffman Pocket Poets Number 59 John Hoffman, Philip Lamantia Two new books from the classic Beat period: mystical poems by Philip Lamantia and the long-lost "Six Gallery" poems by legendary hipster John Hoffman. You'll Be Okay My Life with Jack Kerouac Edie Kerouac-Parker "We’ve officially entered what might as well be called Jack Kerouac Awareness Month. It’s the 50th anniversary of the publication of 'On the Road,' and the commemorations include . . . a memoir, 'You’ll Be Okay,' from Kerouac’s first wife." – NY Times Howl on Trial The Battle for Free Expression Bill Morgan, Nancy J. Peters The inside story of the publication and defense of Howl in correspondence, documents and photographs. The Yage Letters Redux Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris In January 1953, William Burroughs began a seven-month expedition into the jungles of South America, ostensibly to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. But Burroughs also cast his anthropological-satiric eye over the local regimes... Life Studies, Life Stories Drawings Lawrence Ferlinghetti Close to 100 figurative drawings in black and white, and in color, mostly nudes in love or strife, some "disastered by life," some with incisive or caustic words integrated in the images. This is a retrospective of Ferlinghetti's graphic work and... The Beat Generation in San Francisco A Literary Tour Bill Morgan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti A blow-by-blow unearthing of the places where the Beat writers first came to full bloom: the flat where Ginsberg wrote "Howl;" Gary Snyder's zen cottage in Berkeley; the ghostly railroad yards where Kerouac and -Cassady toiled; the pads where Jack &... Travels With Ginsberg A Postcard Book, Allen Ginsberg Photographs 1944-1997 Bill Morgan Allen Ginsberg was a serious shutterbug who delighted in taking candid snapshots of friends and fellow writers, but up until now readers have had little chance to consider the "poetic" world of his photographs. Here in the form of twenty detachable... Book of Dreams Jack Kerouac "In the Book of Dreams I just continue the same story but in the dreams I had of the real-life characters I always write about."Excerpt:WALKING THROUGH SLUM SUBURBS of Mexico City I'm stopped by smiling threesome of cats who've disengaged themselves... San Francisco Beat Talking with the Poets David Meltzer San Francisco Beat is an essential archive of the Beat Generation, a rich moment in a fortunate place. America-somnolent, conformist, and paranoid in the 1950s-was changed forever by a handful of people who refused an existence of drudgery and... 1 2 3 >>>