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)

Gerald Nicosia's play Jack In Ghost-Town, which looks at Kerouac's life from
just before his death all the way back to childhood, will be given a staged
reading at the Prop Theatre, 3502 N. Elson Ave., Chicago, at 2PM, Saturday,
November 1. The reading is free and open to the public. For further
information, call 773-539-7838.

The Literary and Cultural Legacy of the Beat Generation
Oct. 3-Nov. 29, 2008; Columbia College Chicago

Schedule of Beat Events

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: Michael McClure and Joanne Kyger
Scholary Panels: To Be Announced Soon
Contact: Tony Trigilio (ttrigilio@colum.edu)

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Full Conference Schedule of Events

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! October 2-5

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