Beat Scene 39 -- Burroughs, William Carlos Williams, Kerouac,Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek

Kevin Ring’s Beat Scene magazine is a treasure for Bukowski and Beat fans alike. I’m in the “never the twain shall meet” camp, but in this case the exception is deserved. Plus, Kevin’s a good guy who put a lot of work and high production value into each issue of the magazine.

There’s no Bukowski related articles in this one, but it’s a great issue for Beat fans.

4...Beats & Co...all the Beat news fit to print

6...William Carlos Williams...a brief introduction

7...The City Lights story...a landmark store & publisher

22...William Burroughs...a new book & other stuff

24...Swank goes Beat by Jim Burns

26...Ruth Weiss, an interview - part two

29...Lawrence Lipton and the Beat Generation by Jim Burns

32...Jack Kerouac in Northport by Brian Hassett

34...Anne Waldman - a profile and interview by Barbara Read

40...The fifties was a deceptive decade by Robert Briggs

42...Poets on the peaks - Snyder, Whalen & Kerouac

44...Kerouac archives finally sold

46...Spitting off tall buildings - an excerpt from Dan Fante's new novel

47...Michael McClure & Ray Manzarek...a new record

48...The Beat Scene review section