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16 May 2017, 11:54 pm

Anyone have a favorite writer of the Beat Generation, or a particular work of fiction or poetry created by the Beats?

I'll start with my favorite Beat author, William Burroughs. I really loved his works, such as, Naked Lunch, and Exterminator!

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17 May 2017, 12:33 am

I enjoy beatniks and the beat movement. I think I mostly enjoy the poetry like Howl and artists that were inspired by that time like Tom Waits, Charles Bukowski, and Rod McKuen personally. I always wanted to open a cafe so people could do poetry readings and listen to people play music and do the snapping people do when they feel something being said.

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17 May 2017, 10:25 am

Does this count?

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17 May 2017, 3:02 pm

Howl forever.

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18 May 2017, 4:52 pm

I love the works of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Bukowski, and Richard Brautigan more than Ginsberg, Kerouac, or Burroughs (although I love Howl, "A Supermarket in California," Kaddish, and other Ginsberg poems).

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18 May 2017, 5:22 pm

JRCriton wrote:

I enjoy beatniks and the beat movement. I think I mostly enjoy the poetry like Howl and artists that were inspired by that time like Tom Waits, Charles Bukowski, and Rod McKuen personally.

I always wanted to open a cafe so people could do poetry readings and listen to people play music and do the snapping people do when they feel something being said.

Bukowski would drag you outside and beat you for daring to tell such lies.

He hated them, like seriously wanted to kill them, except Burroughs who would have shot him.

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18 May 2017, 6:00 pm

Charles Bukowski is also one of my favorite writers. I think his poetry suffered for the most part as he gained success and social status, as he lost touch with the drunks, addicts, and the mentally ill of skid row who had so inspired him.

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18 May 2017, 6:05 pm

I agree.

His poetry did suffer, but his writing improved.

The best of Buke is in his poetry but his best writing is in his stories.
Well his novels, some of his writings for the porn mags were bad but hey, they paid for his beer.

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18 May 2017, 6:10 pm

I spent a lot of time reading beat writers, but none recently. Once, I could have given you a favorite or two easily, but Kerouac no longer holds the appeal that he held for me as a teenager. I think I'd enjoy Naked Lunch in a new way, if I read it again. I bought And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks when it came out, but I mostly appreciated it for the novelty, and less for the quality of the writing.

I'll go back to the first beat novel I read, Junky. I loved the simple style, the rawness, and the completely unfamiliar settings and motivations.

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18 May 2017, 6:17 pm

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18 May 2017, 6:32 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

I agree, as an early effort, And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks hardly compared to the later literary accomplishments of Burroughs and Kerouac. But it is interesting to see an early collaboration between those two Beat generation giants, especially as it was based on the murder of David Kamerer by Lucien Carr, which many see as the watershed of the Beat movement.

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