Women of the Beat Generation

by Knight, Brenda

• ISBN13: 9781573240611
• ISBN10: 1573240613
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Conari Pr

Summary

A fascinating anthology of the life, times, and writings of 40 women from the Beat era, this volume includes a bibliography for each woman, anecdotal information, rare archival photographs. Featuring illuminating commentary by Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg, this book mines an important but often overlooked motherlode of talent and sheds light on some of the best minds of the Beat generation. 15 photos.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Anne Waldman
Sisters, Saints and Sibyls: Women and the Beat	1	(6)
The Precursors	7	(40)
Bardic Matriarch	9	(9)
Helen Adam
A Life at the End of the World	18	(11)
Jane Bowles
Ilse Klapper	25	(4)
True Born Poet	29	(10)
Madeline Gleason
Mentor to a Revolution	39	(8)
Josephine Miles
The Muses	47	(68)
Calypso Stranded	49	(8)
Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs
Vickie Russell	50	(2)
Helen Hinkle	52	(5)
Karmic Grace	57	(19)
Carolyn Cassady
LuAnne Henderson	60	(4)
Anne Murphy	64	(12)
First Mate	76	(11)
Edie Parker Kerouac
Stella Sampas	78	(9)
Nobody's Wife	87	(16)
Joan Haverty Kerouac
Gabrielle ``Memere'' Kerouac	88	(15)
Keeper of the Flame	103	(12)
Eileen Kaufman
The Writers	115	(204)
Farmer's Daughter	117	(6)
Mary Fabilli
Poet Priestess	123	(18)
Diane di Prima
Barbara Guest	125	(16)
Beat Alice	141	(26)
Elise Cowen
A True Good Heart	167	(16)
Joyce Johnson
Mother Jones	183	(14)
Hettie Jones
Billie Holiday	186	(11)
Dharma Sister	197	(8)
Joanne Kyger
Fortune's Favorite	205	(9)
Denise Levertov
West Coast Villager	214	(9)
Joanna McClure
Lyric Adventurer	223	(18)
Janine Pommy Vega
Elsie John	225	(16)
The Survivor	241	(16)
ruth weiss
Aya Tarlow	244	(13)
Redwood Mama Activist	257	(12)
Mary Norbert Korte
Transformed Genius	269	(10)
Brenda Frazer
Word Alchemist	279	(8)
Lenore Kandel
Fast Speaking Woman	287	(22)
Anne Waldman
The Next Generation	309	(10)
Jan Kerouac
Natalie Jackson	311	(8)
The Artists	319	(16)
The Rose	321	(6)
Jay DeFeo
Painter and Prodigy	327	(4)
Joan Brown
Gui de Angulo	328	(3)
Recollection	331	(4)
Worthy Beat Women
Ted Joans
Afterword	335	(8)
Ann Charters
Appendix: Lists of Collected Works	343	(10)
Acknowledgments	353	(2)
Permissions and Acknowledgments	355	(4)
Index	359