Table Of Contents:
Acknowledgments xiv

1. Approaches to Teaching the Lives and Literature of the Beat Generation 1(14)

The Problem of Justification 1(3)

The Selection of Primary Sources 4(3)

The Secondary Sources 7(1)

Approaches and Methods 8(5)

Conclusion 13(2)

2. The Beats in General 15(82)

Bibliographies 16(2)

Anthologies and Collections 18(13)

Books About the Beats in General 31(13)

Sections or Chapters 44(15)

Articles About the Beats in General 59(22)

Audio-Visual Materials 81(13)

Addresses on the Internet 94(3)

3. William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) 97(43)

Books by Burroughs 97(6)

Works in Collaboration with Others 103(1)

Correspondence 104(1)

Publications in Periodicals 104(3)

Bibliographies 107(1)

Interviews 108(3)

Biographies 111(1)

Books About Burroughs' Work 111(1)

Sections or Chapters 112(7)

Articles About Burroughs' Work 119(16)

Audio-Visual Materials 135(3)

Addresses on the Internet 138(2)

4. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) 140(53)

Books by Ginsberg 140(7)

Works in Periodicals and Editions 147(2)

Works in Collaboration with Others 149(1)

Correspondence 149(1)

Bibliographies 150(1)

Interviews 151(4)

Biographies 155(1)

Books About Ginsberg's Work 155(2)

Sections or Chapters 157(8)

Articles About Ginsberg's Work 165(23)

Audio-Visual Materials 188(4)

Addresses on the Internet 192(1)

5. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) 193(48)

Books by Kerouac 193(6)

Publications in Periodicals 199(5)

Correspondence 204(1)

Bibliographies 204(1)

Interviews 205(1)

Biographies 206(3)

Books About Kerouac's Work 209(4)

Sections or Chapters 213(7)

Articles About Kerouac's Work 220(15)

Audio-Visual Materials 235(3)

Addresses on the Internet 238(3)

6. Other Beats 241(80)

Donald Allen (1912- ) 242(1)

Amiri Baraka (1934- ) 242(2)

Paul Blackburn (1926-1971) 244(1)

Paul Bowles (1910- ) and Jane Bowles (1917-1973) 245(1)

Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) 246(2)

Bonnie Bremser (Brenda Frazer, 1939- ) 248(1)

Ray Bremser (1934- ) 248(1)

Chandler Brossard (1922- ) 249(1)

Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider, 1926-1966) 249(1)

Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) 250(2)

William S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947-1981) 252(1)

Paul Carroll (1927- ) 252(1)

Carolyn Cassady (1923- ) 253(1)

Neal Cassady (1926-1968) 254(1)

Andy Clausen (1943- ) 255(1)

Gregory Corso (1930- ) 255(3)

Robert Creeley (1926- ) 258(2)

Diane DiPrima (1934- ) 260(2)

Kirby Doyle (1932- ) 262(1)

Robert Duncan (1919-1988) 262(2)

Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman, 1941- ) 264(1)

Larry Eigner (1927-1996) 265(1)

William Everson (Brother Antoninus, 1912-1994) 266(1)

Richard Farina (1937-1966) 267(1)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919- ) 268(4)

Brion Gysin (1916- ) 272(1)

Bobbie Louise Hawkins (1930- ) 272(1)

John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988) 273(1)

Herbert Huncke (1915-1996) 274(2)

Ted Joans (1928- ) 276(1)

Joyce Johnson (1935- ) 276(1)

Hettie Jones (1934- ) 277(1)

Lenore Kandel (1932- ) 278(1)

Bob Kaufman (1925-1986) 279(1)

Jan Kerouac (1952-1996) 280(1)

Ken Kesey (1935- ) 281(1)

Seymour Krim (1922- ) 282(1)

Tuli Kupferberg (1923- ) 283(1)

Joanne Kyger (1934- ) 283(1)

Philip Lamantia (1927- ) 284(1)

Fran Landesman (1927- ) and Jay Landesman (1919- ) 285(1)

Timothy Leary (1920-1996) 286(1)

Lawrence Lipton (1898-1975) 287(1)

Joanna McClure (1930- ) 288(1)

Michael McClure (1932- ) 289(2)

Norman Mailer (1923- ) 291(1)

Edward Marshall (1932- ) 292(1)

Taylor Mead (date of birth not publicly known) 292(1)

David Meltzer (1937- ) 293(1)

Jack Micheline (Harvey Martin Silver, 1929- ) 294(1)

John Montgomery (1919-1993) 294(1)

Harold Norse (1916- ) 295(1)

Frank O'Hara (1926-1966) 296(1)

Charles Olson (1910-1970) 297(2)

Peter Orlovsky (1933- ) 299(1)

Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) 299(1)

Stuart Z. Perkoff (1930-1974) 300(1)

Charles Plymell (1935- ) 301(1)

Dan Propper (1937- ) 301(1)

Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) 302(2)

Michael Rumaker (1932- ) 304(1)

Ed Sanders (1939- ) 305(1)

Gary Snyder (1930- ) 306(4)

Carl Solomon (1928- ) 310(1)

Jack Spicer (1925-1965) 311(1)

Charles Upton (1948- ) 312(1)

Janine Pommy Vega (1942- ) 313(1)

Anne Waldman (1945- ) 313(2)

Alan Watts (1915-1973) 315(1)

Lew Welch (1926-1971) 315(1)

Philip Whalen (1923- ) 316(2)

John Wieners (1934- ) 318(1)

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) 319(2)

7. Topics for Investigation and Writing 321(12)

The Problem of Censorship 322(1)

The Problem of Marginalization 322(1)

The Quest for Innovation 323(1)

Drugs and Alcohol 323(1)

Travel 323(1)

Cats and Chicks 324(1)

Celebrating America 324(1)

Questioning and Challenging Authority 325(1)

Predecessors and Influences 325(1)

The Literary Tradition 326(1)

Perceptions of the Future 326(1)

A Literature of Music 326(1)

The Intensity of Experience 327(1)

Sympathy and Tenderness 327(1)

Food and Eating 328(1)

The Critical Reception and the Literary Reputation 328(1)

Valiant Editors 328(1)

Beat Theater 329(1)

Environmental Awareness 329(1)

The Geography of the Beats 329(1)

Beats in Film, in Photos, and on Video 330(1)

Performance Art 330(1)

Separating Legend from Fact 330(3)
Name and Author Index 333(24)
About the Author 357