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