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Poets in the Beat tradition
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Poets in the Beat Tradition

James Broughton (1913 - 1999)
Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969)
Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997)
Gary Snyder (1930 - )

Recommended Books

Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry, Edited by Kent Johnson / Edited by Craig Paulenich
Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation, by Carole Tonkinson
The Bop Apolcalypse: The Religious Visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs, by John Lardas
Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America, by Dennis Mcnally

Related Links:

  The Beat Page
http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/index.html

Brief bios of the major Beat poets, some poetry and photos, other links.
  City Lights Books
http://www.citylights.com/

The legendary San Francisco bookstore founded by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and a center of Beat culture.
  Literary Kicks: Beatitude
http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/genre.jsp?what=Beatitude

Lots of articles and interviews on various Beat poets.
 


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