Beat Readers and Selected Writings
Explore Beat Generation classics with our curated collection of essential readers and selected writings. Discover Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Gregory Corso's An Accidental Autobiography, Neal Cassady's The First Third, and more iconic beat literature.
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Fictionalized narrative of travels by Kerouac and his friend Neal Cassady under pseudonyms of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty.
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The First Third
by Neal Cassady
Autobiographical writing by the "hero" of Jack Kerouac's On the road.
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An Accidental Autobiography
by Gregory Corso
He left (or was left by) a number of girlfriends and he fathered five children along the way. He was apt to raise a bit of a ruckus at poetry readings and other public events. No one could be sure what he might do next except that he would write poetry and get published and that it would be widely read.".
