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Bukowski, Charles Burning in Water Drowning in Flame:
Selected Poems, 1955-1973. Santa Rosa, California: Black
Sparrow Press, 1996. Paperback. 22nd printing. As new condition.
Book # 00811 US$ 10.00
Felver, Christopher Angels, Anarchists and Gods.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. First
edition. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. Felver’s is
a portrait gallery of eminent figures in American arts, letters,
music, and politics who, as Douglas Brinkley writes in his
introduction, 'are not afraid of controversy or challenging the
status quo' --individuals whose lives and work nourish America's
historic dream of freedom, justice, and dignity. Behind each of
the more than two hundred photographs (of Allen Ginsberg, William
Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Robert Motherwell, B.B. King, Patti Smith,
and David Byrne, and many more) is the sharp, caring eye of a man
whose passion for art and social justice converge to form an
intimate tribute to the human spirit. “Felver captures an
essential Beat spiritual quality in his work… genuine
feeling… enough to make you weep with joy and gratitude.”
--John Tytell, American Book Review. As new, in likewise as new
dust jacket. Book # 00964 US$ 25.00
Ginsberg, Allen. Snapshot Poetics. San
Fransisco: Chronicle, 1993. First American Edition. An excellent
pictorial overview and informal history of the Beat movement.
Paper, fine in wrappers with French flaps. Book # 00432 US$ 12.00
Jarvis, Charles E. Visions of Kerouac: The Life and Times
of Jack Kerouac. Lowell, Massachusetts: Ithaca Press,
1974. Scarce original first edition paperback. Written and
published by Kerouac's childhood friend, and published in their
hometown (Lowell, Massachusetts) 'in this cockeyed world.' As
new. Book # 00119 US$ 30.00
Kerouac, Jack The Town and the City. New York:
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1950. This edition, 1983.
Paperback. "On its publication, The Town and the City won
its young author critical comparison with Thomas Wolfe.... Seven
years later the publication of On the Road made Kerouac the
interpreter of his generation.... The depth and breadth of his
vision triumphs." -- The New York Times. As new condition.
Book # 01183 US$ 12.00
[Kerouac, Jack] Charters, Ann (editor) Jack Kerouac:
Selected Letters, 1940-1956 and 1957-1969. Two Volumes.
New York:Penguin, 1995, 1999. Paperback. All-around fine condition.
Volume I ("The author's life and craft traced through some of the
most personal, truthful, and mesmerizing letters ever written.")
is a second printing; Volume II ("Reveals the boldness and
originality of Kerouac's artistic vision."[The Boston Globe])
is a first printing. $25.00 for the pair.
Sawyer-Laucanno, Christopher. The Continual Pilgrimage:
American Writers in Paris, 1944-1960. New York: Grove
Press, 1992. 1st edition. A biographical/historical portrait,
including Richard Wright, James Baldwin, William Burroughs,
Alexander Trocchi, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Harry Mathews, John
Ashbery, James Jones, Plimpton, Himes & Styron. Chapter on
“The Beat Hotel.” With photos. (From the author of An
Invisible Spectator, a biography of Paul Bowles). Hardcover, with
d.j. Good condition. Book # 00888 US$ 15.00
Tonkinson, Carole, editor Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the
Beat Generation. New York: Riverhead Books, 1995. First
edition. Paperback. Fine. 'In the winter of 1953-54, [Jack
Kerouac] sought out a copy of Thoreau's WALDEN and was so
inspired by its discussion of Indian philosophy, especially the
BHAGAVAD GITA, that he was prompted to read other Hindu
scriptures....when he went to the library in search of Hindu holy
books, Kerouac picked up instead an English translation of...The
LIFE OF THE BUDDHA....Kerouc's [writing later sparked] the
'rucksack revolution' of wandering 'Zen lunatics'...[There are
many] intriguing parallels between the Transcendentalists and the
Beats.' -- From the Introduction by Stephen Prothero. Book #
00905 US$ 12.00
Watson, Steven The Birth of the Beat Generation:
Visionaries, Rebels, and Hipsters, 1944-1960. New York:
Pantheon Books, 1995 ('Circles of the Twentieth Century' series).
As new hardcover in as new dust jacket. With a chronology, notes,
sources for quotations, and an index. Remainder dot, else fine.
Book # 00814 US$ 22.00
The Evergreen Review, Volume 1, issue 2. In its May, 1957 review of the first issue, the Yale Literary Magazine had reported, "It is an event of no mean significance… [here's] a quarterly review which purports to be, and is, something different." The second issue illuminated the San Francisco scene, featuring Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg ,Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, and Gary Snyder. $7.95
http://www.ebooks2go.com/book.cfm?bookid=6775
Kerouac, Jack Orpheus Emerged. In the late 1990s assorted papers, packed away when Kerouac died in 1969, again saw the light of day. The novel Orpheus Emerged, completed when Kerouac was 23, was among them. The book's characters, fomenting the Beat Generation, are based on Kerouac and his friends in their tumultuous early years in New York City. $4.95
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/Ebook545.htm
William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Hart Crane, Henry Miller:
Precursors to the Beats.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/20c.html
The Beats of New York City as precursors to 1960s Counterculture:
Literary Tradition and Social Change.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/beatsny.html
The Beats of San Francisco as precursors to 1960s Counterculture:
Literary Tradition and Social Change.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/beatssf.html
The Beats and the avant-garde Black Mountain Poets of North Carolina:
Literary Tradition and Social Change.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/blmtn.html
Beat Generation Resources Beat Generation FAQ and Resources.
http://www.connectotel.com/marcus/beatfaq.html
The Beat Page is dedicated to the movement that began in the early 1950's with a small and tightly connected
group of young writers who demonstrated a care-free, often wreckless and unquestionably fresh approach to life
and literature.
http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/writers/index.html
Clellon Holmes on the Beats New York Times Magazine November 16,
1952. "This Is the Beat Generation"
http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/beats-per-holmes.html
Jack Magazine: Beat News. Everything you could ever want to know about the Beats, and more.
http://www.jackmagazine.com/beatnews/index.html
Dharma Beat. A Jack Kerouac newszine dedicated to writing about Kerouac's life and writing.
http://members.aol.com/kerouaczin/dharmabeat.html
The Biography Project bio of Neal Cassady.
http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/neal_cassady.html
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