BeatScene – This is the Beat Generation

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 by

October 26, 2020 There is a new issue of Beat Scene – number 98. See image of the front cover here. That’s a young Gary Snyder. He also features on the back cover. Naturally Gary features inside, as does Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley, Ruth Weiss, Philip Whalen, Kenneth Patchen and more. This issue is,…

Beat Scene First Words

Posted on May 6, 2020May 16, 2020 by

Gary Snyder ‘Japhy Ryder’ to many even today – was 90 a few days ago. Here’s a photo of Gary with a nice looking birthday cake. Photo taken by Tom Killion. Gary is the sole survivor from the band of poets to read at the 6 Gallery event back in 1955. Lawrence Ferlinghetti was there…

Update on Beat Scene 94

Posted on September 26, 2019October 21, 2019 by