The Beat Generation (1959)

Arts Beat: Vintage posters offer window on UW-Madison history
A charming exhibit of the Memorial Union’s historic silk-screened posters is on display this summer. The elegant hand-made posters, dating at least as far back as 1950, were created in the Union’s art lab, the Craftshop.
Bob McFadden and Dor – The Beat Generation (Brunswick 55140)

William S. Burroughs At the Front: Critical Reception, 1959 - 1989 $25.50 Jennie Skerl and Robin Lydenberg have selected twenty-five critical essays on Burroughs that reflect the historical reception of his work, both positive and negative, decade by decade, and that represent the best essays written about him. The essays cover Burroughs’ major novels—including the cut-up and new trilogies—the censorship issue, and his work in film and painting. The chronol...

Beat Speak: An Illustrated Beat Glossary Circa : 1956-1959 $20.41 The hip chicks and cool cats of the late 1950s known as Beatniks had a different language. In this illustrated glossary, Beat Speak, artist Ashleigh Talbot has collected over eighty beatnik terms, defined them, and drawn her artistic interpretations. The result is a fun-filled yet serious Beat extravaganza all Beat Generation fans are sure to enjoy. Over 100 illustrations. 8-1/2" x 11" beautifully...

Playboy Magazine Volume 6 Number 6. June of 1959. Includes The Origins of the Beat Generation By Jack Kerouac ...