May TIOLI: Read a book by a Beat author

Here's a site I found with a long list of author names in a sidebar on the left:

http://www.rooknet.net/beatpage/writers/index.html

Looking forward to seeing comments about the Ferlinghetti books I haven't read yet!

I've finish two of the Ferlinghetti books I planned for this challenge. When I finish the third I'll write reviews.

Great! I'm looking forward to seeing them (I've read two of his books; loved 4 of the poems).

I finished On the Road today--I actually read the published version and On the Road: the Original Scroll so I think I'll put them both in the wiki.

I really enjoyed reading both, and comparing differences and similarities (I sound like an essay question on a test!) I think I probably enjoyed the scroll version (the original form of the book, a 120-foot single-spaced typed-in-a-matter-of-days creation) a little more than the published version. The scroll version used real names, was not edited so it contained more, and, I don't know, just seemed more in the manner of the Beat generation.

The scroll version also has four really pretty interesting essays and suggested further readings (I'm going to check into books by Carolyn Cassady).

This was a fun challenge--I've been meaning to read On the Road since I was a teenager, and I finally have (times two)!

Karen O.