Beat Scene, Issue 50, Spring 2006

Some minor mentions, such as in James Birmingham's essay "'Good to Have Met You, Quiet One': The Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature", pp. 46-49 (which includes a couple of images of Burroughs), and in Brian Dalton's memorial article for Mary Beach, p. 62.

Eric Jacobs reviews The Yage Letters Redux by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, edited by Oliver Harris, at p. 54.

Published in Binley Woods, England by Beat Scene Press in Spring of 2006.

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 20060400BSCE.0.50

Selected Contents:

• Kevin Ring:
• "First Words" (editorial)
• "The Stadlichter Press" (essay)
• review of Andrew Schelling's Two Elk
• review of Frederic Tuten's The Adventures of Mao on the Long March
• "Barbara Guest" (memorial)
• review of TomClark's Threnody
• review of the exhibition Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle
• Diane di Prima and Joe Packinko: "Beatnik Queen to Modern Word Alchemist Diane di Prima – An Interview" (interview)
• Sheppard Powell: photograph
• Nic Saunders and Kevin Ring: "The Beard Returns" (interview)
• Michael McClure: "Michael McClure Recalls and Old Friend" (on Jim Morrison)
• Vojo Sindolic: "'Theater of Politics and Dictatorship of the Mind': Remembering Allen Ginsberg and Our Friendship" (essay)
• Andy Clausen: "from Last Days of the Beat" (essay)
• Ann Charters: photographs
• Ron Dart: "from Thomas Merton and the Beats of the North Cascades" (essay)
• Ben Pleasants: "John Fante & The Hollywood Ten: A Bridge betwen [sic] Two Giants" (essay)
• Frances Smith: photograph
• Chris Felver: photographs
• Mike Ferraro: "Through All the Lousy Luck: Robert Towne's Ask the Dust and the Saga of John Fante" (essay)
• Dan Fante:
• "Ask the Dust: John Fante's 67-Year Overnight Success" (essay)
• photographs
• Pamela Petro: "The Hipster of Joy Street: An Introduction to the Life and Work of John Wieners" (essay)
• Wallace Berman: photographs
• Jim Burns:
• "Beatitude" (essay)
• review of Mike Zwerin's The Parisian Jazz Chronicles: An Improvisational Memoir
• Colin Cooper:
• "William Margolis" (essay)
• review of The New York Poets II: An Anthology, edited by Mark Ford and Trevor Winkfeld
• review of Charles Bukowski's Come on In
• review of Jack Kerouac's Book of Sketches
• James Birmingham: "'Good to Have Met You, Quiet One': The Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature" (essay)
• Brian Dalton:
• review of Allen Ginsberg's Kaddish LP
• "Mary Beach" (memorial)
• Pauline Reeves: review of Beats & Pieces by Fernanda Pivano and Allen Ginsberg
• Eric Jacobs:
• review of The Yage Letters Redux by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, edited by Oliver Harris
• review of Robert Creeley's On Earth
• review of Alice Notley's Coming After: Essays on Poetry
• Dawn Swoop:
• review of David Meltzer's Poet w./Jazz 1958
• review of Lenore Kandel's The Love Book/Word Alchemy
• review of Bukowski Review, issue 4
• review of Dan Fante's Short Dog
• review of Kathy Acker's Bodies of Work
• Sophia Nitrate:
• review of Allen Ginsberg's The Voice of the Poet
• review of Sydney R. Davies' Walking the London Scene: Five Walks in the Footsteps of the Beat Generation
• review of Mineshaft, issue 16
• Amy Gerstler: "Tom Clark's Heart" (review of Tom Clark's Light & Shade: New and Selected Poems)

Publishing Information:

• Editor: Kevin Ring
• Assistant Editor: Jim Burns
• Research/News: Pauline Reeves
• Layout: Scarlet Letters