David S Wills

Beatdom #21 David S Wills

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