I' m reading *Women Of The Beat Generation*

I've been reading *Women Of The Beat Generation--the Writers, Artists and
Muses at the Heart of a Revolution* by Brenda Knight (Sonari Press, 1996)
with contributions by Anne Waldman, Joan Charters and Ted Joans. It's quite
interesting and has proved most informative.
There are bioographical essays on over two dozen writers and artists,
ranging from recognized Beat poetry goddesses like Lenore Kandel and Dianne
di Prima, to lesser-known heroines such as Mary Fabilli and Elise Cowen.
There are morsels of these womens' writings too, which in most cases have
piqued my interest and left me hungry for more.
The women whose creative contributions are discussed include Helen Adam,
whose poetry I've always found thrilling and fascinating (I had no idea that
she workewd as a runner at the SF Stock Exchange, for example) and Denise
Levertov, whose connection to the Beat movement I was hitherto unaware of;
and there's a chapter on Eileen Kaufman which, along with giving her some
long-delayed recognition as a talented poet in her own right, gives a new
perspective on the life and works of her man, Bob Kaufman, one of my heroes
and a poet whose genius is still underappreciated.
This book is one I recommend wholeheartedly to anyone interested in the
Beat movement, and (seeing as I found my copy used for $5.00) it is readily
available to anyone who cares to seek it out.

viva la vida con drogas
Sparrow 13
The Extremely DeLux One

"Sparrow 13" <sprrw13mbb DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > I've been reading *Women Of The Beat Generation--the
 > Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolution*
 > by Brenda Knight (Sonari Press, 1996) with contributions
 > by Anne Waldman, Joan Charters and Ted Joans. It's quite
 > interesting and has proved most informative.
 > There are bioographical essays on over two dozen writers
 > and artists, ranging from recognized Beat poetry goddesses
 > like Lenore Kandel and Dianne di Prima, to lesser-known heroines
 > such as Mary Fabilli and Elise Cowen. There are morsels of
 > these womens' writings too, which in most cases have
 > piqued my interest and left me hungry for more.

In that case I can recommend "A Different Beat: Writings by Women of the
Beat Generation" edited by Richard Peabody (High Risk Books, 1997). This has
contributions by many of the women you mention, and also Joyce Johnson, Jan
Kerouac, Joan Kerouac, Edie Parker, Carolyn Cassady, Joanna McClure, Eileen
Kaufman, Janine Pomy Vega, Ruth Weiss, Sheri Martinelli, Joanne Kyger,
Hettie Jones, and many others.

Also of interest might be "Girls Who Wore Black: Women Writing the Beat
Generation" edited by Ronna C. Johnson and Nancy M. Grace (Rutgers U.P.,
2002). A useful study of women Beat writers, including an excellent
bibliography of their work.

Good hunting, Sparrow.

Dave Moore<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->