Beat Atlas

A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation in America

Bill Morgan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:City Lights Books

Published:7th Apr '11

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Beat Atlas cover

Print: Besides the usual book reviews, we plan on connecting with the travel editors of all the major papers in the country, as excerpts, and reviews, are likely to be considered. We will also contact travel and airline magazines for coverage. Print media includes: NY Times, NY Review of Books, New Yorker, NY Magazine, NY Newsday, Washington Post, LA Times, SF Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Boston Globe, Beat Scene UK, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Time Out, USA Today, Toronto Globe & Mail and more. Web: Dharma Beat, Reality Sandwich.com, Literary Kicks, Daily Beat, popmatters.com. We will research and pursue appropriate travel web sites and bloggers. Radio: Pursue literary arts shows around the country for interviews with the editors. Academic: We'll connect with the Beat Studies Association who will offer advertise the book on their site.

Beat Atlas is the ultimate tour guide for those interested in the Beats and their travels "on the road."A companion to our guides to San Francisco and New York, Beat Atlas: A Guide to the Beat Generation in America is a state-by-state guide to the rest of the nation's significant Beat locales. From Jack Kerouac's Lowell to William Burroughs' Lawrence, Kansas, to Neal Cassady's Denver--and everywhere in between--Beat Atlas contains a wealth of historical information subdivided by region and state for easy reference and is illustrated with photographs by Allen Ginsberg. Written by Ginsberg biographer and Beat authority Bill Morgan, and rich with literary lore, Beat Atlas makes an ideal companion for armchair travelers as well as those "on the road."

ISBN: 9780872865129

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 255g

225 pages