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The birth of the beatnik
By James Campbell, author of This is the Beat Generation, 1999. Excellent background to the naming of the beats by Herb Caen - post Sputnik.
http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/features/campbe01.html
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James Mechem, Beat Writer and Publisher, New York
Caprice magazine founder; interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2003 by poet Denise Low.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/mechemlow.html
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A Blackout Tavern
Study in 1960s Folklore, by Pat O'Connor. The 1960s hippie scene in Wichita, KS. Includes photographs, and covers the first large LSD bust in Kansas.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/ablackout.html
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Beats In Kansas: the Beat Generation in the Heartland
Collection of links and original articles. Many Beats were from Kansas. Original photos of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/
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Ruined Time: The 1950s and the Beat
Memoir of the Great Depression, World War II, and the 1950s with an uniquely Beat outlook.
http://www.ruinedtime.com
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Remembering William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg
Personal observations by poet Jim McCrary, a longtime friend of Burroughs, and his office manager for ten years.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/mccrary.html
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Haight Ashbury Song Book
by Ashleigh Brilliant, 1967, San Francisco's "Songs of love and haight." Beat Generation to hippie transition.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/haightashburysongbook.html
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Larry Keenan - Beat Generation & Counter-Culture Photography Galleries
Featuring Keenan's famed fine art photographs of the Beat Generation and Hippies and counterculture, from 1964 to now. Includes a biography and exhibitions, publications. No photographer was closer to the Beats.
http://emptymirrorbooks.com/keenan/
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Moody's Skidrow Beanery
In Wichita, Kansas, Moody Connell believed in a mix of hoboes and Beats and served them simple fare in a place to congregate, by Pat O'Connor.
http://www.vlib.us/beats/oconnor.html
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Philomene Long -- Interview for Ruta 66
By Jordi Pujol Nadal. Greenwich Village native and the Beat Queen of Venice, CA, poet Long and her late husband, poet John Thomas, helped create the Los Angeles poetry scene.
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/phlmbio.html
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