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The portable beat reader
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- Creator
- edited by Ann Charters
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1992
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xxxvi, 645 pages ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 0142437530, 9780142437537, 0670838853, 9780670838851
- OCLC
- ocm52914108
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-631) and index.
- Introduction: Variations on a generation -- The best minds of a generation: East Coast beats -- Heart beat: enter Neal Cassady -- Constantly risking absurdity: some San Francisco renaissance poets -- A few blue words to the wise: other fellow travelers -- Tales of beatnik glory: memoirs and posthumous tributes -- The unspeakable visions of the individual: later work