Beatdom #23: The Environment Issue

The 23rd issue of Beatdom is all about the environment. We have essays on William S. Burroughs' ecological views, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's ecopoetics, the pastoral poetry of Allen Ginsberg, and much more. This issue also features poems, reviews, and interviews, all of it relating to the Beat Generation.

Here is a list of contents: EssaysHomo Sap, the Ugly Animal: Ghost of Chance as Burroughs' Ultimate Environmental Statement, by David S. WillsHow Green Were His Values: Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Environmental Poetry, by Ryan MathewsThe Beats and an Ecological Awareness, by Peter OehlerNature, the Self, and its Redemption in the Pastoral Poems of Allen Ginsberg, by Jonas FaustMy Bohemian Fling is Over: When Gregory Corso Almost Stopped Being Beat, by Kurt HemmerJack Micheline: The Last Bohemian Poet, by Gerald NicosiaThe Epic Concatenation of William Buck, by Tom CantrellA Derridian Exploration into Allen Ginsberg's Archive(s), by Alexandre FerrereTurning Right on the Beat Road: Neo-Conservatives Reading Kerouac, by Rob Johnson, Kerouac and Family, by Gerald NicosiaLawrence on Lawrence: Ferlinghetti on D.H., by Ryan MathewsA Beat Out of Time: The Growing Relevance of Bob Kaufman, by Matz McLaughlinInterviewsBill Morgan: Keeper of the Sacred Scrolls, by Leon HortonNeeli Cherkovski: To Catch a Moment in Time, by Leon HortonPoetryThe Crowning Race, Ron MyersAcceleration (or Is this what tipping point feels like?), by Wayne McCallumStep on April Steps, by Neeli CherkovskiReviewsBest Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from MadnessThe Beats and the Academy: A Renegotiation