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It's sold primarily through Amazon but a small number of indie stores carry it. One of them is Water Row Books (https://www.ebay.com/str/waterrowbooks)
It surely is. He shows how Kerouac set in motion a cultural phenomenon, then how it carried on through the sixties, before HST documented its downfall in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at the start of the seventies.
Has anyone read this new publication from Beatdom Books? It explains the rise and fall of the American counterculture from Jack Kerouac to Hunter S Thompson.
No, I haven't read it yet.
It is a very enjoyable read, I think, as well as a valuable resource for Beat scholars. It's a bit more engaging than, say, just reading a one-sided set of letters because you actually get the back-and-forth between the two men.
I'm not sure, but on p.93 Allen refers to himself as a "bleak prophet."
Please post any questions you have about the book and we'll try to help you. In particular, Kerouac's use of language was highly unusual and even native speakers sometimes have trouble getting the precise meaning.
Cool. That's one of my favourites.
Beatdom #18 is out now. This special issue marks our tenth anniversary as a literary journal! Needless to say, we are very excited about this one. Please take a look and consider supporting Beatdom by buying a copy. Thanks!
Here's my list. Anyone have anything they'd like to add? Or remove? Note the title is "about" the Beats and not "by" the Beats.
http://www.beatdom.com/12-essential-b...
John Tytell's new book is going to be released on Monday. Pop over to Amazon or ask at your local bookstore to order it. Here's what some Beat Generation experts have to say: http://www.beatdom.com/early-praise-b...
The submission deadline for Beatdom #18 is approaching. The topic for this issue is FAMILY. We're looking for essays etc that link the Beats to that particular theme, although we do consider particularly high quality off-topic material. See http://www.beatdom.com/call-submissio... for more details.
On behalf of all at Beatdom, I wish all our readers and fans and everyone out there on Goodreads a happy holiday season. I sincerely hope that you enjoy the final days of this difficult year.Although I am not a religious person, I have always loved Christmas. For me, it has always been a time when people are at their best. I believe in Christmas miracles as things people make happen through kindness. This is a time of year when people make gestures of love to friends, family, and strangers alike.
At this time of year, I would like to call upon our readers to perform a small act of kindness to Beatdom. If you have read any of our books or journals during this year, could you please take just a few minutes to leave a short, honest review on Amazon or Goodreads or even just tell a friend about us. For a small, independent publisher, each review makes a HUGE difference.
Next year, Beatdom will turn 10 years old. This is a huge milestone for a small journal like ours, and we're very excited. We will be releasing three new books to celebrate - John Tytell's "Beat Transnationalism," Robert Johnson's "Did Beatniks Kill John F. Kennedy?" and Mickey Harper's "Off the Road and Over the Cuckoo's Nest." In May, we will also be releasing our 18th issue of Beatdom. Submissions are open until March.
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Once again, happy holidays to everyone!
Next May we will publish the 18th issue of Beatdom Literary Journal. This is a special issue, marking the 10th anniversary of our little journal. In the past, we've asked our readers to help us choose a topic for each issue, and we're doing the same again. You can add your ideas here, on the Facebook or Twitter pages, or at the link below. You can see a list of previous topics on the website.http://www.beatdom.com/write-beatdom-18/
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jack Kerouac group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/70595...Beat Generation group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/33889...
Thanks, Lauren. Will do.
Has anyone here read this book yet? Care to share your thoughts? I'm personally put off by the ludicrous Kindle price and will likely wait to get a hard copy. I love my Kindle but I find it hard justifying paying more than $15 for a digital book when publishers invariably put less effort into production and so they're often filled with typos.
Good luck with the project, Rick.
Yes, certainly Twain and London! Especially Jack Kerouac - he was very inspired by London. I greatly enjoyed Camus, but don't really know Tim O'Brien. I will look into his work.
