The Portable Beat Reader / Edited by Ann Charters. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1992. - xxxvi, 645 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 623-631) and index.

The best minds of a generation : East Coast beats -- Heart beat : enter Neal Cassady -- Constantly risking absurdity : some San Francisco renaissance poets -- A few blue words to the wise : other fellow travelers -- Tales of beatnik glory : memoirs and posthumous tributes -- The unspeakable visions of the individual : later work.

0142437530 (pbk.) : $17.00


American literature--20th century.
Beats (Persons)--Literary collections.

PS 536 .P6 1992c