An interesting issue of beatdom, this time the subject is war. The beats to me always seem to be anti-war, I have now found out that wasn't always theAn interesting issue of beatdom, this time the subject is war. The beats to me always seem to be anti-war, I have now found out that wasn't always the case, a lot of them were patriotic and signed up when war was declared, the fact that they were too crazy to see any action is why they aren't well known as being involved.
This book covers the original beats and how war influenced them, it then moves on the second generation beats and how Vietnam affected them. War with other countries is not the only type of war included, war against racism, homophobia and Ginsberg's war to get Howl published.
The best article was by Neil Reddy, "War all the Time" takes us back before the beats, to Homer, Lord Bryon and others, to show that war has been affecting poets way before the Beats came on the scene.
This issue of Beatdom is well worth checking out....more
Some fascinating essays on the beat movies over the years, from the first movie, pull my daisy to the new Burroughs movie. It was surprising to read tSome fascinating essays on the beat movies over the years, from the first movie, pull my daisy to the new Burroughs movie. It was surprising to read that when the beat-guys did a movie it was rehearsed and not off the cuff as you always though. There are also some brilliant reviews, the best being a review of "on the road". The highlight of this issue for me was all about Bob Kaufman, I found it really interesting and well written....more
The first in the series by Beatdom I have read, I decided to go with the one on the great drinkers as it would guarantee to feature my favourite authoThe first in the series by Beatdom I have read, I decided to go with the one on the great drinkers as it would guarantee to feature my favourite author Mr Charles Bukowski. I wasn't let down, my favourite essay was the short biography on Bukowski, there was nothing new to me but it was great to read about his life again.
There is also a fantastic poem in here but I couldn't find the name of it's author, a real shame.
I will be getting another beatdom edition soon to read.
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