The Beat Studies Association

Greetings from the President

Welcome to the web site of the Beat Studies Association, an organization founded for the purpose of bringing together scholars, readers, and admirers of Beat Generation literature and art. I hope that you can find information here that adds to your enjoyment and appreciation of the achievement of Beat writers.

Sincerely,

Ann Charters (The University of Connecticut-- Storrs)

What's Happening!

Beat Studies Conference at Columbia College Chicago
October 10-11, 2008
Columbia College Chicago, Film Row Theatre (1104 S. Wabash, 8th floor)

Sponsored by the Beat Studies Association, this is an academic Beat Studies conference to be held on the campus of Columbia College in conjunction with the Center for the Book and Paper Arts's Fall 2008 display of the Jack Kerouac On the Road manuscript scroll. This will be the first major conference on the Beat Generation since the may 1994 Beat Generation Conference at New York University.

Featured Speakers: Diane di Prima and Joanne Kyger
Scholary Panels: To Be Announced Soon
Contact: Tony Trigilio (ttrigilio@colum.edu)

Conferences

The Beat Studies Association at the ALA May 22-26, 2008
http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/

Panel I. Beats West: Reassessments
Chair: Jennie Skerl, West Chester University

1. "Zen and the Poetry of Philip Whalen: In Search of 'Real Self'," Jane Falk, University of Akron

2. "Joanne Kyger: Feminist-Epic-Buddhist Selves," Linda V. Russo, University of Oklahoma

3. "The Chinatown and the City: Kingston, Kerouac, and the Bohemian Bay Area," Jason Arthur, Central Methodist University

Respondent: Nancy M. Grace, The College of Wooster

Panel II. Beats East: Revision
Chair: Ann Charters, University of Connecticut

1. "Beating Scholarship: On the Unspoken Truth about Editing and Publishing," Oliver Harris, Keele University

2. "The Francophone Limits of English: Jack Kerouac's Nomadic Quebec-ness," Hassan Melehy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3. "Brenda Frazer's Troia: How Can the Prostitute be the (Beat) Subject?" Ronna C. Johnson, Tufts University

Beat Notes and Beat Studies Research News

Beat and Beat-Associated Authors -- In Print or Soon To Be

If you have information on publication and research to be posted, please contact Nancy Grace at NGrace@wooster.edu. Include bibliographic information and any web links or other sources that we can consider including in the posts.