Women of the Beat generation : the writers, artists, and muses at the heart of a revolution
An unprecedented exploration of the lives, writings, and secret histories of the long-overlooked women of the Beat Generation including: Joyce Johnson, the critically acclaimed author of Minor Characters and girlfriend of Jack Kerouac; Josephine Miles, the poet and professor who gave Allen Ginsberg his start; LuAnne Henderson, the girl who went "on the road" with Jack and Neal; Diane di Prima, the distinguished poet and archetypal Beatnik; Joan Burroughs, the intellectual playgirl who brought the Beats together; Carolyn Cassady, the artist and author of Off the Road, wife of Neal Cassady and lover of Jack Kerouac; and ruth weiss, a Holocaust survivor and Beat jazz innovator. --back cover
Print Book, English, 1996
Conari Press, Berkeley, CA, 1996