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Books 1 - 10 of 25 next » by David Meltzer
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Interviews. SAN FRANCSCO BEAT: TALKING WITH THE POETS is an essential archive of the Bear Generation, as rich moment in a fortunate place. America, somnolent, conformist, and paranoid in the 1950s, was chaged forever by a handful of people who refused an... (read more) Used - Trade Paper 
by David Meltzer
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Has jazz become a white invention, "neutralized" by the attempts of white critics to describe, define, and even defend a black form of expression? Such is the provocative argument that emerges from David Meltzer's compilation of controversial and thought-... (read more) New - Trade Paper
by David Meltzer
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One of the most respected poets of the Beat and San Francisco Renaissance periods, David Meltzer has kept alive interest in the interface between jazz and poetry that exploded in the 1950s. This new edition of selected poems includes previously... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
Beat Thing by David Meltzer
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Poetry. During the late 1950s, David Meltzer was an active poet in the San Francisco North Beach scene often reading with jazz musicians at various bars and coffeehouses. BEAT THING is part poetry and part exposé, both tribute to the down in... (read more) New - Trade Paper 
by Brenda Knight
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Winner of an American Book Award, this collection is an unprecedented exploration of the lives, writings, and astonishing stories of the long-overlooked women of the Beat Generation.... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Waldman
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The Beat movement exploded into American culture in the early 1950s with the force of prophecy. Not just another literary school, it was an artistic and social revolution. William S. Burroughs proclaimed that the Beat writers were “real architects... (read more) Used - Trade Paper
by Richard Brautigan
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Three unforgettable Brautigan masterpieces reissued in a one-volume omnibus edition. REVENGE OF THE LAWN: Originally published in 1971, these bizarre flashes of insight and humor cover everything from "A High Building in Singapore" to the "Perfect... (read more) New - Trade Paper
Jazz Poetry Anthology (91 Edition) by Sascha Feinstein
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... in a class by itself... sensitive, moving, and powerful jazzimagery... the perfect companion to listening to good jazz. -- JazzizMagazine In the course of the history of jazz, there havebeen only a few articles that get to the core of the meaning of... (read more) Your Price $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
by Richard Brautigan
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Richard Brautigan was the author of ten novels, including a contemporary classic, Trout Fishing in America, nine volumes of poetry, and a collection of stories.Here are three Brautigan novels--A Confederate General from Big Sur, Dreaming of Babylon and... (read more) Sale - Trade Paper
by Carmela Ciuraru
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From the selected works of such celebrated and beloved poets as W. H. Auden, Robert and Elizabeth Browning, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and William Shakespeare, to anthologies on Jazz and Blues and Beat Poets, to collections on the... (read more) Your Price $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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