Philip Pullman – author of His Dark Materials and much else – talking in the English daily newspaper – December 23, 2022 – The book that made me want to be a writer – “An anthology called The New American Poetry, 1945-1960, edited by Donald Allen. I found it in the school library, and it…
The big opening image on the top of this page features the very first issue of Beat Scene magazine. The first of five that I call the ‘church newsletter’ series. Andy Darlington did the cover artwork. Andy ran a little magazine up in Yorkshire called Ludd’s Mill. It was a mix of literary, sci fi,…
There is a new issue of Beat Scene magazine. Number 105. If you don’t know about it – Beat Scene is a long running print quarterly. Devoted to America’s Beat Generation. That’s Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and many others. Original essays, material from the archives,…