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Beat poet Lew Welch was born 100 years ago today

Poet Lew Welch was born 100 years ago today (August 16, 1926).

This photo shows him with Allen Ginsberg, whose centennial is also this year. The photo is of them outside City Lights in 1963, taken by John Doss.

Welch was close friends with Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen. He later got to know other Beat poets, including Jack Kerouac. He struggled with alcoholism and depression and disappeared in 1971.

For more on Welch's life and work, we recommend the excellent book, He, Leo, by Ewan Clark, published in 2023.

u/beatdom_journal — 4 days ago
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Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac

Anyone get this super rare book earlier this year? Seems according to amazon its about to be printed again and coming out september 9th. The initial release was super limited, just pre-ordered it. This is looking like its not one of the books associated with The Kerouac Estate.

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u/MasterSpecific8933 — 4 days ago
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Lucien Carr killed David Kammerer 82 years ago today, one of the key moments in Beat history

This event threatened to disband the early Columbia group but it was something they all ended up writing about. The linked essay is a very, very long investigation.

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u/beatdom_journal — 6 days ago