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For an entertaining and witty animated version of Ginsberg's "Howl", go to Ginsberg
For an excerpt from "On the Road", listen to Jack Kerouac and go here for Jack reading from The Beat Generation
For a recent Ferlinghetti poem, "Pity the Nation", try Ferlinghetti
The last word on the Beats has been with the women associated with some of them. I've had a chance to talk to Carolyn Cassady and Ann Charters. They put things in perspective!
Postscript:
The Beats are on the road again
High on jazz and blues
Climbing up the mountains
With nothing more to lose
Oh what an interesting life you lead. And how wonderful to hear Kerouac's voice.
ReplyDeleteOne might as well try to make it sound interesting!
ReplyDeleteBut nothing so exciting as a yacht in the Mediterranean!