Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution
With fascinating biographies, over 40 rare photos, and never-before-published writing, Women of the Beat Generation captures the life and work of 40 women who broke with tradition during the uptight 50s.
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With fascinating biographies, over 40 rare photos, and never-before-published writing, Women of the Beat Generation captures the life and work of 40 women who broke with tradition during the uptight 50s.
ForewordSisters, Saints and Sibyls: Women and the Beat1The Precursors7Helen Adam: Bardic Matriarch9Jane Bowles: A Life at the End of the World18Ilse Klapper25Madeline Gleason: True Born Poet29Josephine Miles: Mentor to a Revolution39The Muses47Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs: Calypso Stranded49Vickie Russell50Helen Hinkle52Carolyn Cassady: Karmic Grace57LuAnne Henderson60Anne Murphy64Edie Parker Kerouac: First Mate76Stella Sampas78Joan Haverty Kerouac: Nobody's Wife87Gabrielle "Memere" Kerouac88Eileen Kaufman: Keeper of the Flame103The Writers115Mary Fabilli: Farmer's Daughter117Diane di Prima: Poet Priestess123Barbara Guest125Elise Cowen: Beat Alice141Joyce Johnson: A True Good Heart167Hettie Jones: Mother Jones183Billie Holiday186Joanne Kyger: Dharma Sister197Denise Levertov: Fortune's Favorite205Joanna McClure: West Coast Villager214Janine Pommy Vega: Lyric Adventurer223Elsie John225Ruth Weiss: The Survivor241Aya Tarlow244Mary Norbert Korte: Redwood Mama Activist257Brenda Frazer: Transformed Genius269Lenore Kandel: Word Alchemist279Anne Waldman: Fast Speaking Woman287Jan Kerouac: The Next Generation309Natalie Jackson311The Artists319Jay DeFeo: The Rose321Joan Brown: Painter and Prodigy327Gui de Angulo328Worthy Beat Women: Recollection331Afterword335Appendix: Lists of Collected Works343Acknowledgments353Permissions Acknowledgments355Index359
