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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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“
Craving immortality, my mind masters fraud:
My spirit’s projected as my brain cells applaud.
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― Lorca's Grave
― Lorca's Grave
“
I was about to be swallowed
By my mother's womb—
Where I might enjoy again
The perfect solitude of death.
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― Lorca's Grave
― Lorca's Grave
Beatdom is the world's most popular Beat-themed literary journal. Now we have a Goodreads group,…more
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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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