Beats at Naropa: An Anthology

by Laura Wright (Contributor), Anne Waldman (Contributor), Amiri Baraka (Contributor)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $18.69

  At Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, there has long been an illuminating, dynamic, ongoing exchange of ideas about the history and legacy of the Beat Generation--an exchange fortunately that has been carefully archived and preserved. This valuable anthology does not further embalm the 'legend' of the Beats. Instead it allows its readers to hear authentic voices --Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, John Clellon Holmes, Diane di Prima, Philip Whalen, etc.--as well as introducing the thoughtful and responsible work of leading Beat scholars. --Joyce Johnson

  Amassed from the riches of the Naropa University audio archives, this collection offers an exciting new look at the Beats--whose influence lives on in the art and politics of our time. In this often spontaneous, conversational book, readers are introduced to the hard truths behind being a Beat woman, the haunting accuracy of William Burroughs's world-view, the passion and energy of Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman, Jack Kerouac's unexpected musicality, Diane DiPrima's foray into small press publishing, Michael McClure's account of the famous first reading of Howl, and, most of all, the inspirations behind America's most provocative and prescient thinkers. Contributors include:

  David Amram
  Amiri Baraka
  Ted Berrigan
  Junior Burke
  William S. Burroughs
  Lorna Dee Cervantes
  Ann Charters
  Clark Coolidge
  Gregory Corso
  Diane di Prima
  Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  Rick Fields
  Allen Ginsberg
  David Henderson
  Abbie Hoffman
  John Clellon Holmes
  Joyce Johnson
  Hettie Jones
  Edie Parker Kerouac
  Joanne Kyger
  Michael McClure
  William S. Merwin
  John Oughton
  Marjorie Perloff
  David Rome
  Edward Sanders
  Gary Snyder
  Janine Pommy Vega
  Steven Taylor
  Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
  Anne Waldman
  Philip Whalen
  Laura Wright
  Joshua Zim