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

by Brenda Knight (Editor), Anne Waldman (Introduction), Ann Charters (Afterword)

Overview

An anthology of the lives, writings and secrets of the women of the Beat Generation, this book contains biographies poetry and prose by Hettie Jones, Joyce Johnson, Ruth Weiss, Jan Kerouac, and others. It contains commentary by American poet of the year Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573241380
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brenda Knight is a twenty-year publishing veteran, starting at HarperCollins and authored American Book Award-winning Women of the Beat Generation, Rituals for Life and Wild Women and Books. Knight has worked with many bestselling authors including Mark Nepo, Phil Cousineau, Congresswoman Jackie Speier, and Paolo Coehlo. Knight lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

What People are Saying About This

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

This is the first time a writer has taken the trouble to really think about it...

Allen Ginsberg

Many thanks for the long overdue assemblage of Women of the Beat Generation.