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Title:

Women of the Beat generation : the writers, artists, and muses at the heart of a revolution / Brenda Knight ; foreword by Anne Waldman ; afterword by Ann Charters.

Publisher:

Conari Press,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

xii, 366 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Subject:

American literature--Women authors.
Beat generation--Literary collections.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Women artists--United States--Biography.
Women and literature--United States.
Women authors, American--Biography.
American literature--20th century.

Other Authors:

Knight, Brenda, 1958-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-351) and index.

Contents:

Afterword / byAnn Charters. Jane Bowles : a life at the end of the world -- Ilse Klapper -- Madeline Gleason : true born poet -- Josephine Miles : mentor to a revolution -- Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs : Calypso stranded -- Vickie Russell -- Helen Hinkle -- Carolyn Cassady : karmic grace -- LuAnne Henderson -- Anne Murphy -- Edie Parker Kerouac : first mate -- Stella Sampas -- Joan Haverty Kerouac : nobody's wife -- Gabrielle "Mèmére" Kerouac -- Eileen Kaufman : keeper of the flame -- Mary Fabilli : farmer's daughter -- Diane di Prima : poet priestess -- Barbara Guest -- Elise Cowen : beat Alice -- Joyce Johnson : a true good heart -- Hettie Jones : Mother Jones -- Billie Holiday -- Joanne Kyger : dharma sister -- Denise Levertov : fortune's favorite -- Joanna McClure : West Coast villager -- Janine Pommy Vega : lyric adventurer -- Elsie John -- Ruth Weiss : the survivor -- Aya Tarlow -- Mary Norbert Körte : redwood mama activist -- Brenda Frazer : transformed genius -- Lenore Kandel : word alchemist -- Anne Waldman : fast speaking woman -- Jan Kerouac : the next generation -- Natalie Jackson -- Jay DeFeo : the rose -- Joan Brown : painter and prodigy -- Gui de Angulo --Worthy beat women : recollection / by Ted Joans -- Afterword / byAnn Charters.

ISBN:

9781573240611
1573240613

LCCN:

96009237

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)