Beatscene
- http://www.beatscene.net/
- Magazine which documents and highlights the writers, poets, musicians and artists of America's Beat Generation.
Harold Norse, Poet
- http://www.thebeatmuseum.org/norse_bio.html
- Norse (1916- ) was among the American expatriates in Europe during the 1950's and early 1960's. He was an occupant of the Beat Hotel, Paris, where he first caught up with the Beat generation writers in 1960. Poet William Carlos Williams was his mentor.
Panopticon
- http://www.ironorchid.com/lawless/
- Poems by Paul Farrar Lawless (1915-83), the forgotten beat poet. A dedicated pacifist, these poems reflect a spiritual journey to Mt. Shasta on the eve of America's involvement in WWII.
Robert Cass, New Orleans Beat Legend
- http://www.alaronowitz.com/column75k.html
- Dennis Formento interviews Robert Cass, New Orleans' oldest living beatnik, 1999. Cass published "Climax: A Creative Review in the Jazz Spirit" in 1955 and 1956 from the bar, A Quarterite Place, 733 Bourbon St. It was among the earliest of the Beat literature.
Six Poets at Six Gallery
- http://www.mundomundo.com/6-poets.html
- October 7, 1955 reading with Michael McClure, Philip Lamantia, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Phil Whalen, Kenneth Rexroth, San Francisco. First reading of "Howl" by Ginsberg. Start of modern oral poetry tradition.
The Beat Vortex
- http://homepage.mac.com/thorntonstreiff/beatvortex.html
- Poet Lee Streiff's site on the many Beat Generation artists that lived in Wichita, KS. Covers 1947-1966; includes Dave Haselwood, Charles Plymell; with original photos of Bruce Conner and Michael McClure in high school, other rare views of early 1950s.
