Read: Gary Snyder, “Notes on the Beat Generation,” in A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds (Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995), 7–13. First published in Japanese in Chūō Kōron (中央公論), January 1960. [PDF]
Continue reading →As i begin to make my contribution as Founding Humanities Teacher at the Academy of Thought and Industry (ATI) in San Francisco, i am excited by the prospect of turning San Francisco into a fieldwork site for young urban students of the human sciences. I will be leading a discussion about this on Sunday, July 1 from 10:00–12:00 noon: Here’s where […]
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Mark Gonnerman was interviewed by Denis Punegov, the founding editor of the St. Petersburg zine, Svyazi, about teaching beat culture and literature and his experience with this at Hunan University in China. You may download the PDF of this article via the link below: Denis Punegov, “War For Imagination [Interview on the Beats with Mark Gonnerman],” Svyazi [St. Petersburg (in […]
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