Beatdom 17

by David S. Wills (editor)

The theme for this issue is politics and the journal includes the following articles:

“World Citizen: How Politics Shaped the Travels of Allen Ginsberg, and How Travel Shaped his Politics” by David S. Wills

“The Flying Dutchman: An Overview of LeRoi Jones’ Greatest Commentary on the Struggle of the Black Man and Racial Relations in Post-World War America” by Alyssa Cokinis

“‘America’: Allen Ginsberg’s Hopeful Satire” by Eliot Katz

“Defining Beat: Era, Location, and the Importance of Considering Women” by M.G. Wessels

“Turtle Island: An Eco-Critique of Capitalism” by Elizabeth Lee Reynolds

“Ginsberg and the Machinery of Capitalism: A Political Reading of Howl” by Arianna Garofalo

“Gonzo Personas: Hunter S. Thompson and John G. Clancy” by Frederic B. Wildfang

“Echoes of the Revolution: Diane di Prima and the Beat Generation” by William Nesbitt

“Elegy for Allen” by Eliot Katz

“I’m Watching You Watching Me: The Inversion of the Gaze in Ginsberg’s Photographs” by Katie Oates

“Energy and Consciousness” by Robert T. Walker

Review: The Green Ghost: William Burroughs and the Ecological Mind by Chad Weidner

143 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 8, 2016

About the author

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.