Naked Lunch was my first experience with Burroughs. He is the one "Varsity" Beat author I have neglected my attention to. I’ve read And...

It has become common knowledge to me that what encapsulated the Beat Generation was this notion of resisting the constraints of society,...

I have read Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” three times now. What has always attracted me to this poem are the images. Ginsberg crafts long lines...

Part 1 “Buttons and Bows” by Dinah Shore “Someone to Watch Over Me” by Frank Sinatra “Salt Peanuts” Dizzy Gillespie “Thrivin’ on a Riff”...

There exists two documents written by Kerouac in which he attempts to explain his own writing style. These pieces essentially show the...

Who were they? What is the “White Negro”? The white Negro is exactly that, a white person who has adopted black culture. After WWII many...

Defining the Beat Generation: John Clellon Holmes, “This is the Beat Generation” What does Holmes describe as the “face” of the Beat...