In post-WWII popular culture, our country saw the rise of the Beat Generation, a group of progressive artists and writers who voiced their independence through intellectual escapades and reflections ...

Art Tracking the Beat Generation Across Three Continents PARIS — Though almost entirely lacking a female presence — artist Jay DeFeo and poet Diane Di Prima being the exceptions that prove the rule — ...

It began with a poem. “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked …” When Allen Ginsberg read his poem “Howl” at the now-closed Six Gallery in San Francisco ...

I've become interested in the Beat Generation recently. This San Francisco enclave of mostly New York city bohemians was unknown until they used words to challenge society. I feel there is a kinship ...

You can hear it in Ginsberg's experiments with breath (not meter), as in "Howl": "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about media culture, theory, and history with a focus on the offbeat and avant-garde. Poet and playwright Michael McClure, ...

Intending to revive the tentative soul of Beat Generation, Neo-Beat made its last meeting in İstanbul. Next direction of the group is to Zeytinli Fest. Neo-Beat Generation aims at reviving the ...

A new crop of films portrays their lifestyle as rebellious, adolescent fun. But what made the Beats so influential in the first place was that they were radical, free-thinking adults. Given what the ...