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The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour

by Bill Morgan

2021-01-03 17:43:17

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A blow-by-blow unearthing of the places where the Beat writers first came to full bloom: the flat where Ginsberg wrote Howl;" Gary Snyder''s zen cottage in Berkeley; the ghostly railroad yards where Kerouac and Cassady toiled; the pads where Jack & N... Read more
A blow-by-blow unearthing of the places where the Beat writers first came to full bloom: the flat where Ginsberg wrote Howl;" Gary Snyder''s zen cottage in Berkeley; the ghostly railroad yards where Kerouac and Cassady toiled; the pads where Jack & Neal & Carolyn lived; Ferlinghetti''s favorite haunts. This meticulous guide also brings to light never-before-heard stories about Corso, Bob Kaufman, DiPrima, Kyger, Lamantia and other West Coast Beats. A entertaining read as well as a practical walking (and driving) tour that covers the entire Bay Area. With an introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.Bill Morganis a painter and archival consultant working in New York City. He is the author of The Beat Generation in New York: A Walking Tour of Jack Kerouac''s City . " Less

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File size8.5 X 4.3 X 0.6 in
Print pages240
PublisherCity Lights Publishers
Publication date May 11, 2003
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780872864177
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Bill Morgan
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BILL MORGAN is a Boston-area clinical psychologist and founding board member of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP). He graduated from Tufts University in 1975 with a degree in Easter...

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