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A review by wildgurl
The Beats: A Graphic History by Paul M. Buhle
4.0
The Beats:A Graphic History๐๐๐
2009
Hill & Wang/ Farrar,Straus & Giroux
This was a fun, simple overview of The Beat writers and their influence on other writers and artists. Focussing mainly on SF and NY, the obvious choices, I was glad to see Chicago mentioned as well.
The bios are brief and look at their lives at large, the graphics are fantastic. My favorites are the first three: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Diana DiPalma and Michael Mc Clure were good also.
The Beat movement was an interesting and intriguing group of thinkers, unfortunately most were cruel to women and abused drugs. The stories they tell fascinate and horrify.
Recommended.
2009
Hill & Wang/ Farrar,Straus & Giroux
This was a fun, simple overview of The Beat writers and their influence on other writers and artists. Focussing mainly on SF and NY, the obvious choices, I was glad to see Chicago mentioned as well.
The bios are brief and look at their lives at large, the graphics are fantastic. My favorites are the first three: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Diana DiPalma and Michael Mc Clure were good also.
The Beat movement was an interesting and intriguing group of thinkers, unfortunately most were cruel to women and abused drugs. The stories they tell fascinate and horrify.
Recommended.