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Beat bios
Charles Bukowski
We are like roses that have never bothered to bloom when we should have bloomed and
William Burroughs
“Watch what everyone is doing, and don’t do it.” Born: February 5, 1914, St. Louis, Missouri Died: August 2, 1997, Lawrence, Kansas
Lucien Carr
In those years at Columbia, we really did have something going. It was a rebellious group, I suppose, of which there are many on campuses, but it was one that really was dedicated to a ‘New Vision.’ It’s practically impossible to define. Maybe it a term we just told ourselves. -from The Portable Beat Reader
Carolyn Cassady
Carolyn Cassady was Neal Cassady’s second wife. She was a companion to Neal for over 14 years and was at the core of the famous beat trio: Cassady, Ginsberg, and Kerouac.
Neal Cassady
“I am sitting in a bar on Market St. I’m drunk, well, not quite, but I soon will be. I am here for 2 reasons; I must wait 5 hours for the bus to Denver & lastly but, most importantly, I’m here (drinking) because, of course, because of a woman & what a woman! To…
Ira Cohen
February 3, 1935- April 25, 2011 Ira Cohen was an “electronic multimedia shaman” who has travelled with those in the Beat Generation, but who remains a less talked-about, universal visionary and solider–across time, space, dimension, and light. His sashays into other cultures have brought us great and sometimes shocking photographs from the “other side”. His…
Gregory Corso
…Like the jester who blew out candles tip-toeing in toe-bell feet that his master dream victories
Elise Cowen
Elise, inspired by Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, went on to become a poet herself, although she never was published. She became friends with beats Joyce Johnson and Leo Skir, and even dated Allen Ginsberg. Her life was interrupted by depression and she was admitted to Bellevue, whereupon her release, she jumped to her death…
Diane di Prima
just as I caught the train I think I saw you shuffling to the horizon to stamp it flat (from “The Beach”)
Joan Haverty
Joan and Jack Kerouac met, were married two weeks later, and their marriage lasted eight months. In the meantime, she became pregnant by Jack. Nine months later, and after their divorce, she gave birth to Jan Kerouac.
John Clellon Holmes
This is the beat generation…
Bill Hotchkiss 1936-2010
I always thought that poet and author Bill Hotchkiss deserved way more recognition than he got. In fact, even though I’d been in touch with him just months before his death, I had no idea that he had died until recently — though I was beginning to suspect something was wrong. We did not know…
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