The Beats

Book Reviews: Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan — Together Again

March 3, 2024
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Because they were masters of performance, metamorphosis, and movement — of “containing multitudes” — Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan are the closest peers to Whitman America has yet produced.

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Book Review: “Satori in Paris” — A Minor Work From an Undisputed Alpha Beat

October 16, 2023
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Jack Kerouac’s best work is often driven by a hunger for spiritual nourishment: the soul food his protagonists occasionally find in friendships, in jazz, in oceanic moments of oneness.

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Poetry Commentary: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Turns 100 — The Beats Go On

March 20, 2019
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The Beats came before the ’60s, the decade of civil rights protests, women’s rights, the anti-war movement, and the civil strife that included riots and assassinations.

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Book Review: “Dharma Lion” — The Rich Heritage of Allen Ginsberg

October 28, 2016
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The power of Allen Ginsberg’s legacy could be felt in the controversy over the decision to award Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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