The Beat Generation: An American Dream
Summary:
In the U.S., in the 1950s, contemporary jazz was becoming more and more esoteric, and a small group of writers, poets and musicians who were hip to that beat were exploring the cracks in the American dream. Meanwhile, the Cold War and insistently cheerful and upbeat attitudes were being promoted by Dale Carnegie and his many imitators. America was never so prosperous, so virtuous, or so ... Full Summary >>
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David Amram
Amiri Baraka
William S. Burroughs
Gregory Corso
Robert Creeley
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