Beat movement: Media
American literary and social movement
Videos
The life of poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Learn more about the life and career of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
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Jack Kerouac's On the Road Explained
Learn more about Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road.
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Images
Jack Kerouac
Beat movement writer Jack Kerouac reading one of his short stories in New York City,...
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Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems
The cover of Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems (1956).
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Gathering of Beat poets
A gathering of Beat poets at Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights bookstore in San...
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