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"This revelatory and exhilarating and funny book not only tells us of the Beat generation, but of a time when we as individuals felt truly free. It is as fresh and pertinent as the latest scholarly history only far more entertaining"--Studs Terkel.
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2 editions- Other · English · 2010BeatsFarrar, Straus & Giroux · 208 pages · 9780809016495
- Other · English · 2009Hill and Wang · 199 pages · 9780809094967
Beat generationPoetsZen BuddhismInfluenceInterviewsHistory and criticismAmerican literaturePoetry