Beat Generation writers, including Jack Kerouac, spent time during the 1950s in Washington fire lookouts. The solitary summers often provided inspiration. Skip to content ...

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 ...

As an incredible storyteller, Bob Dylan has always recognised others' ability to convey such detailed narratives in their ...

The first and last written words of writer William S. Burroughs form the basis of this superb adaptation of Queer, a novel written in the early ’50s that, for myriad reasons, remained ...

Third Mind Books takes a specialized approach to bookselling in Ann Arbor, offering first-edition and rare Beat Generation ...

Quick, name a Black Beat poet. Ted Joans, a participant in Greenwich Village’s Beat Generation, counted among his friends celebrated writers Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsburg, Leroi Jones and ...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico City was a magnet in the 1950s for some of America's greatest Beat Generation writers - Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and others.