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William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)

1914 - 1997

22 entries

U.S. obscenity prosecutions of Beat literature (1956–1965)

1956 - 1966

12 entries

The Beat Hotel, Paris — the creative community (1957–1963)

1957 - 2009

12 entries

Six Gallery reading and the San Francisco readings circuit (1954–1960)

1954 - 1960

14 entries

San Francisco North Beach & the San Francisco Renaissance (1945–1965)

1947 - 1965

14 entries

Origin Magazine, Beat journals, and small-press networks (1951–1960)

1951 - 1959

14 entries

On the Road — composition, manuscripts, and publication (1947–1957)

1947 - 1957

12 entries

Neal Cassady (1926–1968)

1926 - 2020

18 entries

Naked Lunch — composition, publication, and censorship battles (1958–1962)

1958 - 1962

9 entries

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969)

1922 - 1972

14 entries

International censorship and reception of Beat authors (1957–1970)

1957 - 1970

14 entries

Howl and Other Poems — composition, publication, and obscenity trial (1955–1958)

1954 - 1958

12 entries
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