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Women of the Beat generation, the writers, artists, and muses at the heart of revolution, Brenda Knight ; foreword by Anne Waldman ; afterword by Ann Charters

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Women of the Beat generation, the writers, artists, and muses at the heart of revolution, Brenda Knight ; foreword by Anne Waldman ; afterword by Ann Charters
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-351), filmography (p. 351) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Women of the Beat generation
Nature of contents
filmographiesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Brenda Knight ; foreword by Anne Waldman ; afterword by Ann Charters
Sub title
the writers, artists, and muses at the heart of revolution
Table of contents
Helen Adam : bardic matriarch -- Jane Bowles : a life at the end of the world -- Ilse Klapper -- Madeline Gleason : true born poet -- Josephine Miles : mentor to a revolution -- Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs : calypso stranded -- Vickie Russell -- Helen Hinkle -- Carolyn Cassady : karmic grace -- LuAnne Henderson -- Anne Murphy -- Edie Parker Kerouac : first mate -- Stella Sampas -- Joan Haverty Kerouac : nobody's wife -- Gabrielle "Mèmére" Kerouac -- Eileen Kaufman : keeper of the flame -- Mary Fabilli : farmer's daughter -- Diane di Prima : poet priestess -- Barbara Guest -- Elise Cowen : beat Alice -- Joyce Johnson : a true good heart -- Hettie Jones : Mother Jones -- Billie Holiday -- Joanne Kyger : dharma sister -- Denise Levertov : fortune's favorite -- Joanna McClure : West Coast villager -- Janine Pommy Vega : lyric adventurer -- Elsie John -- Ruth Weiss : the survivor -- Aya Tarlow -- Mary Norbert Körte : redwood mama activist -- Brenda Frazer : transformed genius -- Lenore Kandel : word alchemist -- Anne Waldman : fast speaking woman -- Jan Kerouac : the next generation -- Natalie Jackson -- Jay DeFeo : the rose -- Joan Brown : painter and prodigy -- Gui de Angulo -- Worthy beat women : recollection / by Ted Joans -- Afterword / Ann Charters