Books (12) Bukowski, Charles@ (50) Burroughs, William S.@ (32) Cassady, Neal@ (10) Corso, Gregory@ (7) Ferlinghetti, Lawrence@ (6) Ginsberg, Allen@ (11) Kerouac, Jack@ (44) Kesey, Ken@ (6) Poetry@ (16) Snyder, Gary@ (16) Trocchi, Alexander@ (4) 1. A brief introduction to the beat (in) film - An Analysis of Beat Cinema 2. Aram Saroyan, writer, poet, playwright - An international writer with ties to the Beats; author of "The Saga of Lew Welch and the Beat Generation" 3. Beat Generation at the Gay, Lesbian, B, T, Queer Encyclopedia - The writers of the Beat Generation, many of whom were gay or bisexual, endorsed gay rights as a part of their rebellion against inhibition and self-censorship. 4. Beat Generation Trading Cards - Unique renderings of Beats by Jesse Crumb (son of R. Crumb) on promotional cards. Includes Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Thelonious Monk. 5. Death Of The Beat Generation - Gay Today magazine article by Jesse Monteagudo, written following the deaths of gay Beat writers William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Herbert Huncke, on their impact on modern culture. 6. Denver's Beat Poetry Driving Tour - Official Denver, CO, site with driving tour, including directions to many different sites and buildings related to Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac. Includes bars, buildings, and locations, with photographs. 7. Hibblen Radio - Beat Generation - A portfolio website for CBS News Radio reporter Michael Hibblen featuring sound clips of the Beat Generation 8. Huncke Times - Herbert Huncke, the original Beat; major influence on William Burroughs. 9. San Franciso Renaissance - 6 Poets at 6 Gallery by Al Aronowitz 10. Six Poets at Six Gallery - October 7, 1955 reading with Michael McClure, Philip Lamantia, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Phil Whalen, Kenneth Rexroth, San Francisco. First reading of "Howl" by Ginsberg. Start of modern oral poetry tradition. 11. The Beat Papers of Al Aronowitz - A collection of interviews, memories and articles by the late Aronowitz, the infamous Black Listed Journalist, who was actually there; close friend of Ginsberg and introduced Bob Dylan to the Beatles. 12. The Critical Poet Beat Generation Quiz - Take the Beat Generation Quiz and see how smart you really are. 13. The Wild Bohemian Home Page - Colin Pringle's articles and directory on wild cats and chicks, Hippies, the Beat Generation, Bohemian bands, outlaw bikers. 14. A Blackout Tavern - Study in 1960s Folklore, by Pat O'Connor. The 1960s hippie scene in Wichita, KS. Includes photographs, and covers the first large LSD bust in Kansas. 15. A Short Guide to Denton Welsh - Author, painter. 1915-1948. Major literary influence on William Burroughs. 16. American Museum of Beat Art - Museum located in Pasadena, California. Featuring writers, poets, film, artists, photographs, manifestos, and critical writing. 17. Amram, David. "A vanishing America?: - Kerouac memories, a Guthrie symphony and a trip to Nathan’s Coney Island hot dog emporium 18. Ashcan Rantings and Kind King Light of Mind - Why the Beats Still Matter by actor J.C. Shakespeare 19. Ashleigh Brilliant - artist and writer, creator of pot-shots cartoons, famous for their 17-word limit. 20. Ashleigh Brilliant & The Fine Art of Pot-Shots - Wits of Bizdom: Interview by James Moore, The Iowa Source Magazine 21. Beat Fathers - Run-ins with the law by the Beat Generation founders. 22. Beat Generation and Bohemian Culture: digihitch.com - Subcultural stories and resources with book reviews, recommended links, original articles and event listings. Featuring Jack Kerouac and influential beat characters. 23. Beat Movement - An overview of Beat poetry, literature, history, and film. 24. Beat Quotes - Quotes by or pertaining to a beat author. 25. Beat SuperNova - A large list of beats and people related to the beat movement. 26. Beat-L - An online discussion forum devoted to the study of the lives and works of the writers of the Beat Generation, especially Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs. 27. Beats In Kansas: the Beat Generation in the Heartland NEW! - Collection of links and original articles. Many Beats were from Kansas. Original photos of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure. 28. Beatscene - Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of America's Beat Generation. 29. Bibliography of The Beat Generation - Comprehensive list of books, articles and essays about the Beats from University of Maryland class: The Beat Begins - America in the 1950s 30. Blue Neon Alley: The Beat Generation - A directory articles and resources for authors of the beat generation. 31. Books by the Beat Generation - Nice review of major books (collectables) by the Beats 32. Cultural Chronology of Early Beat Generation Literature - Annotated list of beat publication dates and events, by Larry Smith (Firelands College of BGSU) 33. Dharma Beat Links - A directory on writer Jack Kerouac, and his friends, including Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. 34. Goodie Magazine - Lost Beat poets 35. Gordon Ball's Beat Generation - Ball teaches at the Virginia Military Institute -- a photo of Allen Ginsberg teaching Ball's class is now a classic. 36. Haight Ashbury Song Book NEW! - by Ashleigh Brilliant, 1967, San Francisco's "Songs of love and haight." Beat Generation to hippie transition. 37. Herbert Huncke Interviewed - Exclusive interview of Beat Generation icon by author Johnny Strike 38. How Beat Happened - Article from SF Weekly. 39. James Mechem, Beat Writer and Publisher, New York - Caprice magazine founder; interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2003 by poet Denise Low. 40. Larry Keenan - Beat Generation & Counter-Culture Photography Galleries NEW! - Featuring Keenan's famed fine art photographs of the Beat Generation & Hippies and counterculture, from 1964 to now. Includes a biography and exhibitions, publications. No photographer was closer to the Beats. 41. Literary Kicks - A free-form study of Beat Literature, literary community and underground culture -- growing since 1994! 42. Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek Official Website - Beat poet McClure & former Door's band member Manzarek's website focuses on their collaboration of music & poetry projects & publications, performances, books, CDs, and videos. 43. Mom's Scrapbook - In memory of Patricia Harrison, with notes on Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs; also Louise Nevelson and others. 44. Moody's Skidrow Beanery NEW! - In Wichita, Kansas, Moody Connell believed in a mix of hoboes and Beats and served them simple fare in a place to congregate, by Pat O'Connor. 45. Naropa University - Audio Archive Project NEW! - Massive oral collection from Buddhist university; includes Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, Diane DiPrima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 46. Panopticon - Poems by Paul Farrar Lawless (1915-83), the forgotten beat poet. A dedicated pacifist, these poems reflect a spiritual journey to Mt. Shasta on the eve of America's involvement in WWII. 47. Paul Bowles Photographs - Literary friends of writer Bowles, visiting him in Tangier in 1950s and 1960s. Includes Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso. 48. Philomene Long -- Interview for Ruta 66 NEW! - By Jordi Pujol Nadal. Greenwich Village native and the Beat Queen of Venice, CA, poet Long and her late husband, poet John Thomas, helped create the Los Angeles poetry scene. 49. PoLarity eMagazine - New American Bohemian Literature, George Wallace, editor. Fiction, photographs, Beat events 50. Remembering William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg NEW! - Personal observations by poet Jim McCrary, a longtime friend of Burroughs, and his office manager for ten years. 51. Ruined Time: The 1950s and the Beat NEW! - Memoir of the Great Depression, World War II, and the 1950s with an uniquely Beat outlook. 52. Salon Books | Breaking up with the Beats - Kerouac and company were David Gates' first literary loves -- but he had to get off their road. 53. Semiology: Beats Vs. Beatniks In 1950s American Culture - by Grant L. Allen. Transition from beat idea to beatnik myth distorted the original almost beyond recognition. 54. Stuart Perkoff / Philomene Long - Death Bed Conversation NEW! - A central figure in the Venice Beat scene, poet Perkoff died at age 44 on June 24, 1974. Beat Poet Long was his lover. 55. The Beat Generation and the Sixties: - A guide to web resources, combining Beats and leading into the Hippies & 1960s. Created and maintained by Alan Keig, University of Adelaide Library, Australia. Adds a unique non-USA view of the Beats. 56. The Beat Page - Biographies, photos and included works of Beat Generation writers. 57. The Beat Vortex - Poet Lee Streiff's site on the many Beat Generation artists that lived in Wichita, KS. Covers 1947-1966; includes Dave Haselwood, Charles Plymell; with original photos of Bruce Conner and Michael McClure in high school, other rare views of early 1950s. 58. the beats: new york - University of Virginia. Sharp cover images of first-edition books by William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady. 59. The birth of the beatnik - by James Campbell, author of This is the Beat Generation, 1999. Excellant background to the naming of the beats by Herb Caen -- post Sputnik. 60. The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives - San Francsico State University; artist biographies and MP3 audio files; founded in 1954 on the basis of a gift by W.H. Auden. 61. Unspeakable Visions: The Beat Generation and The Bohemian Dialectic. - by Michael Haywood. 1991 paper on the history of the Beat writers in print, from their early stirrings in the underground press, through to their publication by mainstream publishers. 62. What Are Souls? An Interview with Michael McClure - by Jack Foley, includes discussion of Six Gallery reading, 1955, of "For the Death of 100 Whales" poem.

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