The original Beat movement of the 1950s and ‘60s gave us Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road,” Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” Michael McClure’s play “The Beard” and reams of other lively radical writings. But that ...

The publisher of Allen Ginsberg's iconic poem "Howl" has three books coming out this year and is also working on a novel. Looking back, he says,... At 96, Poet And Beat Publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about media culture, theory, and history with a focus on the offbeat and avant-garde. Poet and playwright Michael McClure, ...

The Hoboken Historical Museum presents “This is Just to Say: Honoring William Carlos Williams” on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m. The live event, hosted by the museum’s Poet in Residence, Danny Shot, will ...

His biographies of Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti came to overshadow his own work. “I would love an interview,” he once said, “where Bukowski is not mentioned.” By Michael S. Rosenwald ...

Diane di Prima, a poet and writer who was regarded as the most significant female member of the Beat Generation, the male-dominated countercultural movement of the 1950s to which she lent her feminist ...

Many people today revere members of the Beat Generation for their reckless decision-making, constant exploration, and hunger to disrupt societal rules and conventional writing styles. Other people — ...

The museum, tucked between two night clubs and kitty corner from City Lights, is filled with enough quirky Beat memorabilia to make it worth an afternoon outing for locals who want a glimpse of what ...