Must-Read Book By and About the Beats

Howl, Reality Sandwiches, The Fall of America, Allen Ginsberg

On the Road, Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels, Jack Kerouac

The Happy Birthday of Death, Gregory Corso

A Coney Island of the Mind, Lawrence Ferlinghetti

More Truth Than Reality, Fran Landesman

Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs

Blade Runner: A Movie, William S. Burroughs

The Yage Letters, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg

I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg, Bill Morgan

Allen Ginsberg: A Biography, Barry Miles

Jack Kerouac, Tom Clark

Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson

For an essay I wrote about Ginsberg and the Beats:

https://joeymadiastoryteller.blogspot.com/2025/04/starving-hysterical-naked-allen.html

For my historical education work touring as Allen Ginsberg and others:

https://joeymadiastoryteller.blogspot.com/2025/02/my-work-as-chautauqua-scholar-and.html

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