Although not a favorite of the Beat Generation writers, the 21 Club was a spot for more of their shenanigans. This spot in Midtown was the place of employment of Edie Parker — Kerouac’s wife.

The Beat Generation was predominately a male movement, even though writers like Diana DiPrima, Joyce Johnson and Carolyn Cassady provided a welcome female perspective. Jazz and the Style of the Beat ...

In 1948, Kerouac remarked to fellow writer John Clellon Holmes: "This is really a beat generation." Holmes, who wrote the first published Beat novel, "Go," made it official in a 1952 New York ...

LONDON (AP) — Carolyn Cassady, a writer who was married to Jack Kerouac‘s travel companion and a lover of the famous Beat author, has died. She was 90 years old.

The original Beat movement of the 1950s and ‘60s gave us Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Michael McClure’s play “The Beard” and reams of other lively ...

Gerald Nicosia, who wrote the definitive treatment of Jack Kerouac’s life and work, “Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac,” has been a chronicler of the Beat Generation, every ...

“Kill Your Darlings” deals with the early years of the Beat Generation writers and with Lucien Carr, the charming college student who knew all the key players and introduced them to each other ...

Palm Beach Photographic Centre to feature images of leading Beat Generation writers. ... “Beatitude: The Beat Attitude” opens at the West Palm Beach center Oct. 20 and runs through Jan. 6.

Using original film clips and interviews, this film illustrates the 1950s social movement termed the Beat Generation. Disillusioned with post-World War II America, Beat Generation writers and ...