Beatdom #9 tackles the relationship between literature and drugs. It features essays on Hunter S. Thompson, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and traces the history of marijuana through India.
David S. Wills is the editor of Beatdom literary journal and the author of books on William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Hunter S. Thompson, and Haruki Murakami. He lives in rural Cambodia and is currently working on a book about the 6 Gallery reading of 1955.