Beatdom #21 is the CHANGE issue, in which we look at the Beat writers (and a few Beat-adjacent ones) in relation to the topic of CHANGE. This is a fitting topic for a turbulent era - a time when the world seems perennially on the precipice of the apocalypse. Change is happening at a faster and faster pace, leaving people confused, divided, and often angry.In this issue, we are going to look at a wide array of literary figures and explore how they changed, perceived change, inspired change, or even predicted it. There will also be a few off-topic pieces, like interviews and reviews.
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Contents:
Essays
The Many Lives of LeRoi Jones: Race and the Beat Generation by Ryan Mathews
The Change: Allen Ginsberg, Reborn by David Wills
Make the Change: The Art & Prophecy of William S. Burroughs by Westley Heine
An Excess of Meaning: Interpretation and the Cut-Up by Josh Bergamin
Only Tough Guys Shit Themselves in Public by Leon Horton
Boxcar Communion: A Narrative Theological Reflection on the Opening Chapter of The Dharma Bums by Paul W. Jacob
Violets are Blue by Vic Larson
All Change: The Lives & Arts of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge by Matthew Levi Stevens
Interviews
Gerald Nicosia interviewed by R.B. Morris
Like Father, Unlike Son: An Interview with Juan Thompson by Graham Rae
Turning the Tables: An Interview with Victor Bockris by Leon Horton
Translating the Beats: An Interview with Farid Gadham by David S. Wills
Reviews
Some American Tales by Brenda Frazer by Heike Mlakar
Beat Scrapbook Review by Ryan Mathews
Memoir, Fiction & Poetry
Allen Ginsberg in Nebraska by Randy Rhody
The Times, the Times by Weldon Kees
Omnia Extares by Matt Schultz
Unrecorded Corso Secondhand Flashes by Marc Olmsted
A Memory of Gregory Corso by John Pratt
The Words That Ended My Life by David S. Wills
