Beatdom, Issue 12 ("Crime"), Winter 2012

This issue includes “Beat Rap Sheet” by David S. Wills, an essay on the crimes of the Beats, pp. 18-24.

On page 25 is an advertisement for Davis S. Wills’ Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult’.

On pages 28-35 is Matthew Levi Stevens’ “‘To live outside the law you must be honest…’ (Some Thoughts on William S. Burroughs, the Beats, & Crime).”

On page 43 is “The Beatest Photo”, a photograph taken by Jerry Aronson in Allen Ginsberg’s Boulder home in 1982.

There are also several minor references to Burroughs in this issue.

Published in Scotland by David S. Wills / Beatdom in the Winter of 2012.

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Schottlaender
• Raven 20120100BEAT.0.12

Contents:

• David S. Wills: "Letter from the Editor" (editorial)
• Michael Hendrick and Amiri Baraka: "Somebody Blew Up America: A Conversation with Amiri Baraka" (interview)
• David S. Wills: "Beat Rap Sheet" (essay)
• Jamie McGraw: "Mexico City Is Her Graveyard" (poetry)
• Catherine Bull: "Rambo's Bohemia" (poetry)
• Matthew Levi Stevens: "'To live outside the law you must be honest...' (Some Thoughts on William S. Burroughs, the Beats, & Crime)" (essay)
• Zeena Schreck: "Night Shift, Richmond Station: Theater Monologue from 1986" (prose)
• David S. Wills and Joyce Johnson: "The Voice Is All: Joyce Johnson Talks about Her Latest Book" (interview)
• Jerry Aronson: "The Beatest Photo" (photograph)
• Velourdebeast: "Batman" (poetry)
• Michael Hendrick:
• "Fare Thee Well" (poetry)
• review of Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation by Ann Charters and Samuel Charters
• Spencer Kansa: "Herbert Huncke: Times Square Superstar" (essay)
• Charles Lowe: "Baby American Dream" (prose)
• Chris Dickerson: "Down These Mean Streets: Raymond Chandler's L.A." (essay)
• Kat Hollister: "The House of Love" (poetry)
• Holly Guran: "Apartheid" (poetry)
• Michael Hendrick and Patti Smith: "Talking Barefoot: A Chat with Patti Smith" (interview)
• Chuck Taylor: "Jack Kerouac's Poetry: Where Is the Gold, if There's Gold?" (essay)
• Alizera Abiz: "From Behind Many Walls" (poetry, translated by W. N. Herbert)
• MCD: "Grand Ave. Crossing" (poetry)
• Philip Rafferty: "American Zen" (essay)

Publishing Information:

• Editor-in-Chief: David S. Wills
• Editor: Michael Hendrick, Katharine Hollister
• Cover Design: Waylon Bacon
• Cover Photo: Max Kobal