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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 7 8 9 10 11 >>>     sort list by title | publication date T.V. Baby Poem First Edition Allen Ginsberg San Francisco, Beach Books, Texts and Documents, (1968). First Edition, 4to, 16 pages. Fine in printed brown stapled wrappers. 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... 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. The Voice Is All The Lonely Victory of Jack kerouac Joyce Johnson A groundbreaking portrait of Kerouac as a young artist—from the award-winning author of Minor Characters. In The Voice is All, Joyce Johnson, author of the classic memoir, Door Wide Open, about her relationship with Jack Kerouac, brilliantly peels away.. When I Was Cool My Life at the Jack Kerouac School (P.S.) Sam Kashner First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped... The Ancient Rain Poems, 1956-1978 Bob Kaufman A collection of early rap poetry from "the black American Rimbaud." Solitudes Crowded With Loneliness Bob Kaufman Poems and prose. Contains odes to Charles Mingus, Hart Crane, Albert Camus, and other alienated outsiders. Postcards from the Underground Portraits of the Beat Era Larry Keenan In 1965, Larry Keenan spent over a year photographing the Beats-in their homes and with their families and friends. His portraits constitute a unique chronology and reportage of this era, and many of these photos have since become iconic images that... Atop an Underwood Early Stories and Other Writings Jack Kerouac Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic, On the Road, he spent years figuring out how he wanted to live and, above all, learning how to write. 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... Big Sur Jack Kerouac An interesting biography of what happens when fame and age taint the dream of being "on the road" in the life of this aspiring poet. The book details Kerouac's descent into alcoholism and hope for salvation. I think this is one of his greatest... 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... Book of Haikus Jack Kerouac, Regina Weinreich Highlighting a lesser-known aspect of one of America's most influential authors, this new collection displays Jack Kerouac's interest in and mastery of haiku. Experimenting with this compact poetic genre throughout his career, Kerouac often included... Book of Sketches Jack Kerouac A never-before-published book of poems by Jack Kerouac—in a deluxe package In 1952 and 1953 as he wandered around America, Jack Kerouac jotted down spontaneous prose poems, or “sketches” as he called them, on small notebooks that he... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 >>>