The Journal of Beat Studies is devoted to the scholarly criticism of Beat Generation writing and writers. It provides readers with critiques and analyses of Beat writing in all its forms, including poetry, life and travel writing, autobiography, fiction, drama, art, and sketches, and screenplays. This issue is a solemn one due to the loss of many notable Beat writers and figures.

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ISSN: 2165-8706
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Paperback, 2021

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The Journal of Beat Studies is devoted to the scholarly criticism of Beat Generation writing and writers. It provides readers with critiques and analyses of Beat writing in all its forms, including poetry, life and travel writing, autobiography, fiction, drama, art, and sketches, and screenplays. Volume 8 features a survey of Beat Studies scholars on the topic of the state of the field and two essays on the the poetry of Joanne Kyger.

ISBN: 978-1-935625-48-3
ISSN: 2165-8706
Price: $40
Paperback, 2020

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Journal of Beat Studies is devoted to the scholarly criticism of Beat Generation writing and writers. Its goal is to provide readers with intelligent and penetrating critiques and analyses of Beat writing in all its forms, including poetry, life and travel writing, autobiography, fiction, drama, art and sketches, and screenplays. Volume 7 will feature an article in both English and French, detailing Jack Kerorac’s adoration for libraries.

ISBN: 978-1-935625-38-4
ISSN: 2165-8706
Price: $40.00
Paperback, 2019

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Journal of Beat Studies is devoted to the scholarly criticism of Beat Generation writing and writers. Its goal is to provide readers with intelligent and penetrating critiques and analyses of Beat writing in all its forms, including poetry, life and travel writing, autobiography, fiction, drama, art and sketches, and screenplays.

ISBN: 978-1-935625-27-8
ISSN: 2165-8706
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Paperback, 2018

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Works Reviewed in Journal of Beat Studies Volume 5

World Beats: Beat Generations Writing and the Worlding of U.S. Literature by Jimmy Fazzino

Beat Drama: Playwrights and Performances of the “Howl” Generation Edited by Deborah R. Geis

Awakening the Eye: Robert Frank’s American Cinema by George Kouvaros

Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture by Erik Mortenson

To Think of Her Writing Awash in Light: Lyrical Essays on Dorothy Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, Hettie Jones, Joanne Kyger, and Anne Waldman by Linda Russo

Works Reviewed in Journal of Beat Studies Volume 4

Crowded by Beauty: The Life and Zen of Poet Philip Whalen by David Schneider 

Elise Cowen: Poems and Fragments by Elise Cowen, edited by Tony Trigilio

Conversations with Ken Kesey edited by Scott F. Parker

The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rouges, a History of Greenwich Village by John Strausbaugh 

Call Me Burroughs: A Life by Barry Miles 

The Soft Machine: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs, edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris

The Ticket That Exoloded by William S. Burroughs, edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris

Nova Express by William S. Burroughs, edited and with an introduction by Oliver Harris