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poets.org. 1997-2012. Academy of
American Poets. 23 April. 2012. http://www.poets.org/
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quotes website
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix"
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poets.org. 1997-2012. Academy of
American Poets. 23 April. 2012. http://www.poets.org/
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Allen Ginsberg website
Went to Columbia where he met Jack Kerouac and other Beats which sparked his interest in poetry.
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Jack Kerouac website
On the Road began in 1949, base in New York, US cross country trip
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti website
Created City Lights Magazine, 1953, then CL bookstore, then publishing company
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Kerouac-legal woe website
charged in accessory to murder, helped destroy a murder weapon. released on bail
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Ginsberg-mother website
Ginsbergs mom a communist, liberal, also had mental illness. big impact on Allen.
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poetryfoundation.org. 2011. Poetry Foundation. 23 April. 2012. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
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Kenny Rexroth website
developed rejection of academic formalism/materialism
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elements of website
most poetry free verse, influenced by jazz cadences
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spirituality website
Beat poets embraced Zen and Native Am. spiritual beliefs
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famous BPs website
Allen Ginsberg,Jack Kerouac,L.F., Kennith Rexroth, Gregory Corso, Gary Synder
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Howl website
Howl written in style of Walt Whitman, deemed obscene by gov., attempted to ban
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poetrysociety.org. 2012. Poetry Society of America. 23 April. 2012. http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/
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L.F. awards website
recieved Frost Medal in 2003:talked about what poetry is at ceremony
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modernamericanpoetry. 1999-2011. University of Illinois. 23 April.2012. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/
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Kerouac wife website
Kerouac married Edie Parker for financial support when he was involed w/murder
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Whitman website
Evidence shows Whitman may have been gay; most beat poets gay/bisexual
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Harlem Renaissance Website
emerged because blacks wanted to write against injustice in modern time
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Urban centers website
Beat movement largley based in San Fran, LA, New York
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lit.kicks.org. 2010. 23 April.2012
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jazz and Beats website
Beat poems written to the cadence of jazz music, fast manic like
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lit.kicks.org. 2010. 23 April.2012
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more Jazz/Beat website
popular musicians: Dizzy Guillespie, Miles Davis, Charlie Parler
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lib.Berkeley.edu. 1996. UC Berkeley. 23 April. 2012
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films/Beats website
Beats apparently like to document their own lives..ego?
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georgekrevskygallery.2012.San Fransisco Art Dealers Assoc. 23 April. 2012
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LF painting website picture
message still anti war- beats influence cont. to this day through Lawrence F.
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