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Beat Generation
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Allen Ginsberg Trust 
 This site on Allen Ginsberg delivers a rich archive of "published as well as never-before-published text, photos, hand-written documents and audio and video materials representing Allen's life-work." There is also a biography, chronology, and "beatlinks." http://www.allenginsberg.org/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Sep 18, 2005 The American Museum of Beat Art (AMBA)
The American Museum of Beat Art in Pasadena, California celebrates the Beatniks, whose "world of bohemian non-conformity and cultural non-compliance" paved the way for the sixties and subsequent alternative cultural movements. The Web site highlights items from the museum's collection of works and artifacts of Beat Generation artists, as well as earlier twentieth century artists who influenced Beat writers, poets, and visual artists. Featured are images, biographies, and archival written matter, as well as links to other resources on Beat culture on the World Wide Web. http://www.beatmuseum.org/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Museums by Place: United States, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Oct 18, 2004 The Beat Museum
Official website for this San Francisco museum dedicated to Beat generation authors and their legacy. The collections section features images of selected items from the museum's holdings of books, manuscripts, and ephemera, such as a Jack Kerouac autograph and bobble head doll, signed pictures of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, and covers of books by and about Beat authors. http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Aug 20, 2007 The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture Poetry, 1950-1975
Companion to a 2008 exhibit that celebrates holdings of "post-World War II American avant-garde poetry." Features an exhibition checklist with selected images in areas such as the New York School of Poets, Beat poets, the San Francisco Renaissance, censorship, black nationalism and the black arts movement, feminism, and the Vietnam War. Curated by Sarah E. Fass, Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.lib.unc.edu/rbc/beats_and_beyond/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Jun 4, 2008 City Lights Booksellers and Publishers
Official site of the landmark San Francisco bookseller and publisher, founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin. In addition to a brief history and a complete catalog of City Lights titles in print, you can find Ferlinghetti's Poetry as News columns from the San Francisco Chronicle and information on the San Francisco streets renamed to honor famous authors and artists who lived and worked in the city. http://www.citylights.com/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Poetry Last updated Aug 23, 2000 The Fillmore Museum: It All Happened on Fillmore Street
A history of a San Francisco neighborhood and some of the people who have lived or visited there. Includes a report of Allen Ginsberg's first public reading of his poem "Howl" and information about the district's role in the post-World War II jazz scene. There are also accounts of the changing ethnic makeup of the area and of the businesses that lined the street at various times. http://amacord.com/fillmore/museum/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Musical Genres, Poetry Last updated Oct 25, 2004 Literary Kicks
Litkicks is an eclectic collection of information on the writers and writings of the Beat Generation (Keroac, Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady); Transcendentalism (Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, Emerson, Whitman); European Bohemianism (Verlaine, Rimbaud, William Blake, Baudelaire); the Summer of Love (Brautigan, Bukowski, Ken Kesey, Terry Southern); and a few uncategorized authors such as Basho, Henry Miller, and Jean Genet. Each literary area has a discussion Board. http://www.litkicks.com/ Topics: Environment, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated May 28, 2002 The Michael McClure Home Page
This page features an online Anthology of Poetry selected by the author, containing "poems from all his books of poetry up to 1999, and an excerpt from his play, The Beard ." Also includes articles about the poet. http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/mcclure/mcclure.htm Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Aug 1, 2002 On the Road With the Beats
Companion to a 2008 exhibition that "explores the lives and works of the artists who made up the 'Beat Generation.'" Features a slideshow about Jack Kerouac's scroll manuscript of "On the Road," photos and other images from the exhibit, a "Beatnik questionnaire" from 1960 for you to fill out, and some original Beatnik poems visitors recently composed. From the Harry Ransome Center, University of Texas at Austin. http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/beats/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Jun 24, 2008 Present at the Creation: Kerouac's "On the Road"
2002 report about the creation of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road," which was published in 1957 and had been "completed -- from start to finish -- in only three weeks. And he used just one long, scrolled piece of paper, improvising endlessly, just like a jazz musician." Features audio and video of Kerouac reading, image of the scroll, excerpt from the book, and links to related material. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/ontheroad/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods Last updated Aug 20, 2007 Unspeakable Visions: The Beat Generation and the Bohemian Dialectic
Full text of essay by Michael Hayward examining "the history of the Beat writers in print" as well as "the relationship of these writers to the publishing industry." Also a good source for information on alternative literary magazines and presses ( e.g. , Grove, New Directions, Olympia, City Lights) of the 1950s. Contains a bibliography, and footnotes. http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/UnspeakableVisions/page1.html Topics: Business, Literary Movements and Periods, Media, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jun 23, 2001 |
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