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The portable beat reader, edited by Ann Charters ; [written by Jack Kerouac][and others]

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-631) and index

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non fiction

The portable beat reader

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edited by Ann Charters ; [written by Jack Kerouac][and others]

Penguin classics

Compiles selections from every major writer of the Beat Generation, from William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch" to pieces from the Beat writers of the seventies and eighties

The best minds of a generation: East Coast beats: Jack Kerouac -- Allen Ginsberg -- William Burroughs -- Herbert Huncke -- John Clellon Holmes -- Carl Solomon -- Gregory Corso -- Heart beat: enter Neal Cassady: Neal Cassady -- Jack Kerouac-- Neal Cassady -- Jack Kerouac -- Constantly risking absurdity: some San Francisco renaissance poets: Kenneth Rexroth -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Michael McClure -- Gary Snyder -- Philip Whalen -- Philip Lamantia -- Lew Welch -- Bob Kaufman -- A few blue words to the wise: other fellow travelers: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) -- Ray Bremser -- Diane DiPrima -- Bob Dylan -- Brenda Frazer (Bonnie Bremser) -- Tuli Kupferberg -- Jack Micheline -- Frank O'Hara -- Peter Orlovsky -- Ed Sanders -- Anne Waldman -- John Wieners -- Tales of beatnik glory: memoirs and posthumous tributes: Charles Bukowski -- William Burroughs, Jr. -- Carolyn Cassady -- Diane DiPrima -- Brenda Frazer (Bonnie Bremser) -- Brion Gysin -- Joyce Johnson -- Hettie Jones -- Jan Kerouac -- Ken Kesey -- Michael McClure -- Ed Sanders -- The unspeakable visions of the individual: later work: William Burroughs -- Gregory Corso -- Diane DiPrima -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti -- Allen Ginsberg -- Michael McClure -- Ed Sanders -- Gary Snyder -- Three commentators: Norman Mailer -- Alan Watts -- John Clellon Holmes

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