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  1. 2 days ago · Though the term "Beat" is most accurately applied to Ginsberg and his closest friends (Corso, Orlovsky, Kerouac, Burroughs, etc.), the term "Beat Generation" has become associated with many of the other poets Ginsberg met and became friends with in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A key feature of this term seems to be a friendship ...

  2. Jun 27, 2024 · From a shared alma mater to the scene of a murder to oft-frequented bars, here are some New York City haunts and hangouts of the Beat Generation. 1. The Alma Mater: Columbia University

  3. Jun 28, 2024 · Jack Kerouac and William S. Burrough’s Brush with Murder at Columbia. sharon wong. Before they became the voices of the Beat Generation, the still unknown Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and...

  4. Jun 27, 2024 · The Source by Chuck Workman (director) Filmmaker Chuck Workman explores the lives, works, and influence of four leaders of the "Beat Generation" of the 1950s: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Neal Cassady.

  5. Jun 10, 2024 · The Beat Generation left their impact on New York City by frequenting bars, disrupting social norms, and immortalizing the city in writing.

  6. Jun 10, 2024 · Howl, poem in three sections by Allen Ginsberg, first published in Howl and Other Poems in 1956. The poem was praised for its incantatory rhythms and raw emotion, and it is considered the foremost poetic expression of the Beat generation of the 1950s. Learn more about the poem in this article.

  7. Jun 25, 2024 · Howl follows Ginsberg’s life as he was writing the poem “Howl”— how it was composed, how the public reacted to it, and how it was the center of an obscenity trial in 1957 at the start of the Beat Generation.