Women of the Beat Generation : The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution

by Knight, Brenda

• ISBN13: 9781573241380
• ISBN10: 1573241385
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Winner of an American Book Award, this collection is an unprecedented exploration of the lives, writings, and astonishing stories of the long-overlooked women of the Beat Generation. Brenda Knight is the author of Women Who Love Books Too Much and Women of the Beat Generation, winner of an American Book Award. A scholar of medieval literature and modern poetry, she lives in San Francisco, California.

Table of Contents

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