Pekar, Harvey.

The beats : a graphic history / text by Harvey Pekar et al. ; art by Ed Piskor et al. ; edited by Paul Buhle. - 1st ed. - New York : Hill and Wang, 2009. - viii, 199 p. : chiefly ill., 24 cm.

The Beats: Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs. Jack Kerouac / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Allen Ginsberg / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- William S. Burroughs / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- The Beats: perspectives. The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Michael McClure / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Philip Whalen / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Between Rexroth and Gary Snyder in the Bay Area / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Robert Duncan / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Gregory Corso / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Charles Olson / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- Robert Creeley / Harvey Pekar, art by Ed Piskor -- City Lights and the Beats in San Francisco / Paul Buhle and Nancy J. Peters, art by Jay Kinney -- Kenneth Patchen / Harvey Pekar and Nick Thorkelson, art by Nick Thorkelson -- Lamantia / Nancy J. Peters and Penelope Rosemont, art by Summer McClinton -- Gary Snyder / Harvey Pekar, art by Peter Kuper -- Diane di Prima / Harvey Pekar and Mary Fleener, art by Mary Fleener -- The janitor / story and art by Jerome Neukirch -- Beatnik Chicks / Joyce Brabner, art by Summer McClinton -- Jay DeFeo: the Rose / Trina Robbins, art by Anne Timmons -- Art Beats / story and art by Gary Dumm -- Jazz and poetry / Harvey Pekar, art by Lance Tooks -- The harassment of d.a. levy / Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle, art by Gary Dumm -- Tuli Kupferberg / Jeffrey Lewis and Tuli Kupferberg, art by Jeffrey Lewis.

ISBN: 9780809094967 (alk. paper) 0809094967 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008043350

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014889107 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 --Biography.
Cassady, Neal.
Cassady, Carolyn.
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
McClure, Michael.
Di Prima, Diane.
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Snyder, Gary, 1930-
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Beat generation--Comic books, strips, etc.
Beat generation--Sources.
Beat generation--Biography.
Beat generation--Poetry.
Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.
Poets, American--California--San Francisco.--20th century
Poets--California--San Francisco.
Poets--New York (State)--New York.
Beat generation--California--San Francisco--Biography.
Beat generation--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Zen Buddhism--Influence.

LC Class. No.: PS228.B6 / P45 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 810.9/0054