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Beat Generation
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 50th Anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's Howl 
 "In 2006, City Lights and poetry lovers ... will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first publication of 'Howl and Other Poems' by Allen Ginsberg. Beginning in October 2005 and lasting through the fall of 2006, there will be a series of celebrations and commemorative readings." The site includes a history of this poem (first read on October 6, 1955, at the Six Gallery in San Francisco), and a listing of celebrations. From City Lights Books. http://www.citylights.com/His/CLhowl.html Topics: Poetry Last updated Oct 5, 2005 The Allen Ginsberg Trust
This site on Allen Ginsberg delivers a rich archive of "published as well as never-before-published text, photos, hand-written documents and audio and video materials representing Allen's life-work." There is also a biography, chronology, and "beatlinks." http://www.allenginsberg.org/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Sep 18, 2005 The American Museum of Beat Art (AMBA)
The American Museum of Beat Art in Pasadena, California celebrates the Beatniks, whose "world of bohemian non-conformity and cultural non-compliance" paved the way for the sixties and subsequent alternative cultural movements. The Web site highlights items from the museum's collection of works and artifacts of Beat Generation artists, as well as earlier twentieth century artists who influenced Beat writers, poets, and visual artists. Featured are images, biographies, and archival written matter, as well as links to other resources on Beat culture on the World Wide Web. http://www.beatmuseum.org/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Museums by Place: United States, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Oct 18, 2004 The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture Poetry, 1950-1975
Companion to a 2008 exhibit that celebrates holdings of "post-World War II American avant-garde poetry." Features an exhibition checklist with selected images in areas such as the New York School of Poets, Beat poets, the San Francisco Renaissance, censorship, black nationalism and the black arts movement, feminism, and the Vietnam War. Curated by Sarah E. Fass, Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.lib.unc.edu/rbc/beats_and_beyond/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Jun 4, 2008 City Lights Booksellers and Publishers
Official site of the landmark San Francisco bookseller and publisher, founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin. In addition to a brief history and a complete catalog of City Lights titles in print, you can find Ferlinghetti's Poetry as News columns from the San Francisco Chronicle and information on the San Francisco streets renamed to honor famous authors and artists who lived and worked in the city. http://www.citylights.com/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Poetry Last updated Aug 23, 2000 The Fillmore Museum: It All Happened on Fillmore Street
A history of a San Francisco neighborhood and some of the people who have lived or visited there. Includes a report of Allen Ginsberg's first public reading of his poem "Howl" and information about the district's role in the post-World War II jazz scene. There are also accounts of the changing ethnic makeup of the area and of the businesses that lined the street at various times. http://amacord.com/fillmore/museum/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Musical Genres, Poetry Last updated Oct 25, 2004 The Michael McClure Home Page
This page features an online Anthology of Poetry selected by the author, containing "poems from all his books of poetry up to 1999, and an excerpt from his play, The Beard ." Also includes articles about the poet. http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/mcclure/mcclure.htm Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry Last updated Aug 1, 2002 The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
Information about the social movements of the 1960s in the United States, with emphasis on the literature of the period. Features articles and images on the Beats, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary, the Black Mountain Poets, hippies, Woodstock, illicit drugs, protests, and much more. Includes images of handbills, posters, and other memorabilia from the 1960s. From the University of Virginia Library. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/ Topics: Activism, Drugs & Medications by Type, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Dec 6, 2008 Rebels: Painters and Poets of the 1950s
This exhibit explores the innovative works of American painters and poets following the end of World War II. The site features essays about each of these groups, with discussions about painters such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko; and poets from "four overlapping constellations: the Beat Generation, the San Francisco Renaissance, the Black Mountain poets, and the New York School poets." Also includes selected images. From the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/rebels/ Topics: Poetry, Schools of Art Last updated Mar 20, 2006 |
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