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...