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Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was a group of American post-World War II writers who came to prominence in the 1950s, as well as the cultural phenomena that they both documented and inspired. Central elements of "Beat" culture included rejection of received standards, innovations in style, experimentation with drugs, alternative sexualities, an interest in Eastern religion, a rejection of materialism, and explicit portrayals of the human condition.
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“
[W]e ourselves are
the skeletons who scare us,
faux grownups who could never care for us,
left alone to watch in terror as all life is extinguished again.
”
― Lorca's Grave
― Lorca's Grave
“
[W]hat we think is real is only
a mind virus of synthetic words, quite empty,
and ready to fall like a house of cards
at the slightest provocation,
the slightest exploration.
”
― Lorca's Grave
― Lorca's Grave
reading of any kind of words in the form of a book or poetry colleciton, with discussions, and l…more
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This is a space for those interested in reading books written during or about the 1950s, 60s, an…more
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Beatdom is the world's most popular Beat-themed literary journal. Now we have a Goodreads group,…more
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