The Daybreak Boys: Essays on the Literature of the Beat Generation

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I wottld like to express my gratitude to thefollowing editors in whosepublications certain ofthese essays fifst appeared: Jim Burns of Pa/antir, V. J. Eaton of The Literal'y Denim, Rudi Horemans of Restant, Dave Moore of Tbe Kwouac Connection, John O'Brien of The Review ofCrmtempofary Fiction, Jeffery H. Weinberg of Writ81'S otftside the Margir/, and Joy Walsh of Textile Bridge Press. In addition, gfatefill acknowledgment is made to the folllJ1.ving: Palantit" for permission to reprint '''How!': A Reading," 23 (1983): 11-18. The Literm'y Denim: A Journal of Beat Literature for permission to reprint "'Howl': A Reading," 2 (1985):105-11. Modern Amefican Literature for permission to reprint "Infinite Resignation : Jack Kerouac's Tristessa," a portion of "Circular Journey: Jack Kerouac's Dtt!OlJZ Legend," 7 (Winter 1983):16~17. Restant: Review for S81niotic Theofies and tbe Analysis of Texts for permission to reprint "The 'Spiritual Optics' of Lawrence FerHnghetti ," 13 (1985):117-29, and "Toward Organized Innocence: Richard Farina's Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me, 15 (1987): 123~30. The KefOltaC Connection for permission to reprint "Homeward from Nowhere: Notes on the Novels of John Clellon Holmes," 15 (1988):20-27. tX Daybreak Boys The Review of Contemporary Fiction for permission to reprint "The Gnostic Vision ofWilliam S. Burroughs," 4 (Spring 1984):40-49. Writers olttJide the Margin: An Anthology, in which '''The Arcadian Map': Notes on the Poetry of Gregory Corso" first appeared (Sudbury, Mass.: Water Row, 1986):21-35. Textile Bridge Press who first published "Friendly and Flowing Savage: The Literary Legend ofNeal Cassady" as a chapbook in the Esprit Critique Series, no. 2, 1987. I am also gratefttl to thefollowing for permission to qttotefrom their pltblieations: Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books: Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, The Yage Letters, copyright © 1963, 1975 by Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Gregory Corso, Gasolim and The Vestal Lady on Brattle, copyright© 1955, 1958 by Gregory Corso. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Piett.res of the Gone World, copyright © 1955 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Reprinted by permission of Harper & Row: Excerpt from "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg, copyright © 1955 by Allen Ginsberg. Excerpt from "Footnote to Howl" by Allen Ginsberg, copyright © 1955 by Allen Ginsberg. Excerpt from "Television was a Baby Crawling toward That Deathchamber" by Allen Ginsberg, copyright © 1961 by Allen Ginsberg. Excerpt from "Kansas City to Saint Louis" by Allen Ginsberg, copyright © 1966 by Allen Ginsberg. Taken from Collected Poems, 1947-1980 by Allen Ginsberg. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation: Gregory Corso Elegiac Feelings American. Copyright © 1970 by Gregory Corso. The Happy Birthday of Death. Copyright © 1960 by New Directions Publishing Corporation. Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit. Copyright © 1981 by Gregory Corso. Long Live Man. Copyright © 1962 by New Directions Publishing Corporation. Lawrence Ferlinghetti A Coney Island of the Mind. Copyright © 1958 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. x Acknowledgments Open Eye, OPen Heart. Copyright © 1973 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Starting frOlll San Francisco. Copyright © 1967 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Who Are We Now? Copyright © 1976 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Michael McClure Antechamber and Other Poems. Copyright © 1978 by Michael McClure. jagllar Skies. Copyright © 1975 by Michael McClure. Septcmbel' Blackberries. Copyright © 1974 by Michael McClure. Gratittide is also expressedfor the me ofthe following photographs: Jack Kerouac photograph courtesy of Wilbur T. Pippin. John Clellon Holmes photograph by Ann Charters. Michael McClure photograph by Steve Jennings. Courtesy of Michael McClure. Richard Farina photograph by David Gahr. Lawrence Ferlinghetti photograph © Rob Lee 1987. Courtesy of New Directions Publishing Corporation. Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady photographs from Allen Ginsberg. Xt The Daybreak Boys ...