Beatdom 17

Beatdom 17

The theme for this issue is politics and the journal includes the following articles: <br /><p> <br />“World Citizen: How Politics Shaped the Travels of Allen Ginsberg, and How Travel Shaped his Politics” by David S. Wills<br /> <br />“The Flying Dutchman: An Overview of LeRoi Jones’ Greatest Commentary on the Struggle of the Black Man and Racial Relations in Post-World War America” by Alyssa Cokinis<br /> <br />“‘America’: Allen Ginsberg’s Hopeful Satire” by Eliot Katz<br /> <br />“Defining Beat: Era, Location, and the Importance of Considering Women” by M.G. Wessels<br /> <br />“Turtle Island: An Eco-Critique of Capitalism” by Elizabeth Lee Reynolds<br /> <br />“Ginsberg and the Machinery of Capitalism: A Political Reading of Howl” by Arianna Garofalo<br /> <br />“Gonzo Personas: Hunter S. Thompson and John G. Clancy” by Frederic B. Wildfang<br /> <br />“Echoes of the Revolution: Diane di Prima and the Beat Generation” by William Nesbitt<br /> <br />“Elegy for Allen” by Eliot Katz<br /> <br />“I’m Watching You Watching Me: The Inversion of the Gaze in Ginsberg’s Photographs” by Katie Oates<br /> <br />“Energy and Consciousness” by Robert T. Walker<br /> <br />Review: The Green Ghost: William Burroughs and the Ecological Mind by Chad Weidner</p>