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Presents selections from the works of Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsburg, and other writers of the Beat Generation, accompanied by brief biographies and information on the places they lived
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A selection of the most exemplary poetry and prose of the Beat writers and writers influenced by the Beat Generation, and visits to high-points "on the Beaten path," such as Kerouac's hometown, and Tangiers, where William S. Burroughs wrote portions of Naked Lunch.
About the Author
Anne Waldman is a cofounder with Allen Ginsberg of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, which began in 1974, and chair of its celebrated Summer Writing Program. She is the author of over forty books of poetry and poetics including the classic Fast Speaking Woman; the epic poem Iovis; Marriage: A Sentence; and a collection of essays entitled Vow to Poetry. She is the coeditor of several major anthologies including The Angel Hair Anthology and Civil Disobediences: Poetics and Politics in Action. In addition to her teaching, editing, and archival work, she is an internationally known performer/vocalist of her own work, and a cultural and political activist.
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- PublisherShambhala
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1570620008
- ISBN 13 9781570620003
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages376
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