Beat generation

Burt Glinn shot the Beats in New York’s jazz clubs, coffee shops and Village bars.

Writers of the Beat Generation. These authors rejected conformist society and sought to make their own way.

by Sally Norton, First published for the March/April 2006 issue of Finery The 1950s Beat Movement in San Francisco was a non-fashion moment. Clothing was of minimal importance to the San Francisco writers, poets and musicians in North Beach. Words, music and ideas mattered. Clothing was practical, necessary and of little aesthetic value. You would see people wearing ordinary, everyday […]

Burt Glinn shot the Beats in New York’s jazz clubs, coffee shops and Village bars.

From late-night loft parties to crowded poetry nights, a new book featuring unseen work from photographer Burt Glinn depicts the era in all of its glory.

The literary world has become more gender-inclusive since the beats of the 1950s. Just as well, because it’s jarring to find yourself in love with a world that doesn’t love you back

It should be easy to answer the question, "What is the Beat Generation?" or "Who were the Beats?" but actually it is rather difficult. The most basic answer is: The Beat Generation was a literary movement that began in the 1940s and entered the public consciousness in the 1950s.

A page for describing Creator: Jack Kerouac. Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American writer associated with The …

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