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Beat Literature & History The Beat Generation may be most famous for Jack Kerouac (On the Road), Allen Ginsberg (Howl), and William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch), but in fact it claims an amazing number of inspired writers. Delve into our complete selection of fine books by and about the Beats and their accomplices —among them,  Neal Cassady, Herbert Huncke, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Ted Joans, John Clellon Holmes, Anne Waldman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, Robert Duncan, Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman, Bob Creeley, Kenneth Rexroth. Browse your favorite author, search for a specific title, or just look through the entire selection of over 200 Beat books, presented alphabetically by author. Books in this online selection represent only a sliver of what we offer in the store. If you've got a particular book in mind and want to check on its availability, call us at 415-362-8193.   William S. Burroughs   |  Neal Cassady   |  Gregory Corso   |  Diane di Prima   |  Lawrence Ferlinghetti   |  Allen Ginsberg   |  Bob Kaufman   |  Jack Kerouac   |  Michael McClure   |  Gary Snyder

1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>     sort list by author | publication date 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. American Scream Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation Allen Ginsberg, Jonah Raskin Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This first full critical and historical study of Howl brilliantly... Americus, Book I Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti lights out for the territories with Book I of his own born-in-the-U.S.A. epic, Americus. Describing Americus as "part documentary, part public pillow-talk, part personal epic—a descant, a canto unsung, a banal history, a true... The Ancient Rain Poems, 1956-1978 Bob Kaufman A collection of early rap poetry from "the black American Rimbaud." And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac More than sixty years ago, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac sat down in New York City to write a novel about the summer of 1944, when one of their friends killed another in a moment of brutal and tragic bloodshed. The two authors were then at the... And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac More than sixty years ago, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac sat down in New York City to write a novel about the summer of 1944, when one of their friends killed another in a moment of brutal and tragic bloodshed. The two authors were then at the... Antechamber, and Other Poems Michael McClure Radiant poetry. Includes September Blackberries (1974) andJaguar Skies (1975) as well as the musical play Gorf (1976). Ascending Over Ohio First edition Lawrence Ferlinghetti Warren, OH: Fantome Press, [1989]., 1989. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Ferlinghetti on cover envelope. Very Fine in the publisher's printed envelope. New, 1st edition, in the publisher's printed envelope. 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 Back Roads to Far Towns After Basho First Edition Lawrence Ferlinghetti L. Ferlinghetti, San Francisco, 1970. Book Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (illustrator); 11 b/w Illustrations. First Edition. Very Good. [56] pages (unpaginated). Reworkings of several of Basho's original haiku... The Beat Book Writings from the Beat Generation Anne Waldman 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... Beat Generation The Lost Work Jack Kerouac Beat Generation is a play about tension, about friendship, and about karma — what it is and how you get it. It begins one fine morning with a few friends, honest laborers some of them, some close to being down-and-out, passing around a bottle of... Beat Generation in New York A Walking Tour of Jack Kerouac's City Bill Morgan Set off on the eternal trail of the Beat experience in the city that inspired many of Jack Kerouac's best-loved novels including On the Road, Vanity of Duluoz, The Town and the City, and Desolation Angels. This is the ultimate guide to Kerouac's New York. 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 &... 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>>