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The BSA and Pace University Press have published the third volume of the Journal of Beat Studies. Here's the Table of Contents.
Letter From the Editors
The St. Louis Clique: Burroughs, Kammerer, and Carr by Dustin Griffin
Entering the “Gate of Nondualism”: Gary Snyder’s “On Vulture Peak” and Mahāyāna Shūnyatā by Todd Giles
John Wieners in the Matrix of Massachusetts Institutions: A Psychopoeticgeography by Maria Damon
The Enigmatic Relationship of Poets Isabelle Gardner and Gregory Corso by Marian Janssen
Review of Pilgrims to Elsewhere: Reflections on Writings by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Bob Kaufman and Others by Gregory Stephenson. Review by Todd Giles
Review of Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult” by David S.Wills. Review by Oliver Harris
Review of Texts and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture by Simon Warner. Review by David Sterritt
Reviews of The Beats: A Very Short Introduction by David Sterritt and The Beat Generation: A Beginner’s Guide by Christopher Gair. A Discussion of Introductory Texts on Beat Writers by Matt Theado
The Beat Index 2013 – A list of Beat Scholarship published in 2013 (abstracts included when available)
Contributors Biographies
For essay abstracts, see the Journal of Beat Studies home page.