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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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William Burroughs was simultaneously old and young. Part sheriff, part gumshoe. All writer. He had a medicine chest he kept locked, but if you were in pain he would open it. He did not like to see his loved ones suffer. If you were infirm he would feed you. He’d appear at your door with a fish wrapped in newsprint and fry it up. He was inaccessible to a girl but I loved him anyway.
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― Just Kids
― Just Kids
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[T]errorism is a godsend to the State,
Allowing it to follow its natural tendency
To move away from democracy.
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― Lorca's Grave
― Lorca's Grave
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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last active 11 months ago
reading of any kind of words in the form of a book or poetry colleciton, with discussions, and l…more
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