The Beat Book by Allen Ginsberg

The Beat Book by Allen Ginsberg

The Beat movement exploded into American culture in the early 1950s with the force of prophecy. Not just another literary school, it was an artistic and social revolution. William S. Burroughs proclaimed that the Beat writers were real architects of change. There is no doubt that we're living in a freer America as a result of the Beat literary movement, which is an important part of the larger picture of cultural and political change in this country during the last forty years, when a four-letter word couldn't appear on the printed page and minority rights were ridiculous.

Anne Waldman, a renowned poet and longtime friend of many of these writers, has gathered in this volume a range of the best and most exemplary writings of the Beat poets and novelists. Selections from the Beat classics appear, as well as more recent prose and poetry demonstrating the continued vitality of the Beat experiment. Included are short biographies of the contributors, an extensive bibliography of Beat literature, and a unique guide to Beat places around the world--from Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, where his novel Dr. Sax takes place, to Tangier, where Burroughs wrote parts of Naked Lunch.

Anne Waldman is a poet, lecturer, performer, and cultural activist who has published over 40 books of poetry and poetics, the most recent of which is Manatee/Humanity, as well as the anthology Beats at Naropa, which she co-edited with Laura Wright. She's spoken at conferences and festivals in Beijing, Berlin, Vienna, Nicaragua, and Prague, and she's taught practicums at the Zen Mountain Monastery and Naropa University recently. For a number of video/movie productions, she collaborates with writer/director Ed Bowes.

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ISBN 13	9781590304556
ISBN 10	1590304551
Title	The Beat Book
Author	Allen Ginsberg
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Shambhala Publications Inc
Year published	2007-07-10
Number of pages	400
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