Features poetry and fiction written by authors representative of the Beat movement of the 1950s including classic and recent work, short biographies of the contributors, and a bibliography of Beat literature.
Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the birth of modern art
Franck, Dan
2001
Explores how the atmosphere and people of Paris lead to the development of modern art at the beginning of the twentieth century and profiles influential artists and writers of the era.
the women of bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930
Barnet, Andrea
2004
Examines the lives of over twenty women who were influential in the cultural revolution that swept Greenwich Village and Harlem in the early twentieth century, and opened doors for women into new areas of art and activism.
Anthology of Kerouac's writings including selections from the series of autobiographical novels called The legend of Duluoz with an identity key matching the characters with the real people they represent.
Reprint of a 1958 novel by Beat generation writer Jack Kerouac, in which Leo Percepied, a writer in underground San Francisco, makes an important discovery about himself and his life at the moment when his lover is leaving him.
Chronicles the life of writer Jack Kerouac and discusses what his influences were, how he found serenity in Zen Buddhism, what his family life was like, and other related topics.
Features poetry and fiction written by authors representative of the Beat movement of the 1950s including classic and recent work, short biographies of the contributors, and a bibliography of Beat literature.
