Allen Ginsberg
A Supermarket in
California

Jack Kerouac
239th Chorus

Gregory Corso
The Whole Mess, Almost...

Anne Sexton
Riding the Elevator

Lee Ranaldo
Me & Jill

Andre Breton
Untitled

The Bookstore / Poetry

Allen Ginsberg

(1926-97), American Poet, associated with the Beat movement. His
first volume Howl (1956) was initially censored but became one of
the most widely read poems this century. Taught his religious and
political ideas all over the world. The influences of his Buddhist beliefs
are found across his work.

Jack Kerouac

(1922-69), American Novelist, became spokeman for the beat
generation, and is best known (...) for his semiautobiographical novel
On the Road (1957) which describes the wanderings across America
of Sal Paradise, a young writer, and his friend and hero, Dean
Moriarty. Kerouac's other works include The Dharma Bums (1958)
and The Subterraneans (1958).

Anne Sexton

(1928-74), American Poet, often refered to as a confessionalist poet.
This refers to a style of writing which she pioneered drawing heavily
on personal experience and psychological analysis. The accessability
of her poems ensures their continueing popularity. She started writing
as therapy but still took her own life in 1974.

Lee Ranaldo

(1956-), American Singer and Poet, member the music formation
Sonic Youth. The lyrics and poetic volumes that he has produced are
easily linked to the Beat tradition. Near Here and Road Movies are
the first two of his publications. Ranaldo has also been active getting
some of the lesser known Beat material published.