Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.
Mapping women writers of the beat generation / Ronna C. Johnson -- Interviewing women beat writers / Nancy M. Grace -- Single out: Ruth Weiss -- Pieces of a song: Diane di Prima -- Artista: Brenda (Bonnie) Frazer -- Places to go: Joanne Kyger -- Drive: Hettie Jones -- In the night café: Joyce Johnson -- The story and its writer: Ann Charters -- Tracking the serpent: Janine Pommy Vega -- Fast speaking woman: Anne Waldman