Writer, poet and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Latif Harris, author of "Bodhisattva’s Busted Truth", is the proud editor of the highly anticipated "Beatitude Golden Anniversary". Harris has teamed up with writer, poet and Beat historian Neeli Cherkovski, author of From the Canyon Outward, who proudly served as co-editor on the "Beatitude Golden Anniversary" literary project. Together, Harris and Cherkovski have brought a shiny gem to the literary world by compiling a 50th year anniversary edition of "Beatitude", which was the well-respected literary journal founded in 1959 by Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, John Kelley, and William Margolis. Originally, Beatitude assisted in unveiling the literary talents of many aspiring poets of the early Beat Movement. And to honor that tradition, Harris and Cherkovski have released "Beatitude Golden Anniversary" to the eager masses of Beat enthusiasts.
In this anniversary edition, readers will come to explore the works of many iconic writers of the original Beat Movement, considerable thinkers like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, ruth weiss, Bob Kaufman and many others. But it doesn’t end there. Harris and Cherkovski have also included some vivacious work from many of the Latter-day Beats of the 60s and 70s, important names such as Charles Bukowski, H.D. Moe, Gerald Nicosia, Janine Pommy Vega, A.D. Winans and so on. The Modern-day Beats, writers like Patrick Carrington, Katherine Hastings, Alejandro Murguia, W.J. Ray, and others, are also proudly showcased in this explosive publication of hard core beatitude.
In this anniversary edition, readers will come to explore the works of many iconic writers of the original Beat Movement, considerable thinkers like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, ruth weiss, Bob Kaufman and many others. But it doesn’t end there. Harris and Cherkovski have also included some vivacious work from many of the Latter-day Beats of the 60s and 70s, important names such as Charles Bukowski, H.D. Moe, Gerald Nicosia, Janine Pommy Vega, A.D. Winans and so on. The Modern-day Beats, writers like Patrick Carrington, Katherine Hastings, Alejandro Murguia, W.J. Ray, and others, are also proudly showcased in this explosive publication of hard core beatitude.
This is a must-have anthology, one put together with literary love and years of diligent planning. Nearly 500 pages in length, "Beatitude Golden Anniversary" promises readers a preeminent collection of pulsating works from numerous writers of the ever-thriving literary movement many proudly identify as Beat.
Beatitude Golden Anniversary
Edited by Latif Harris & co-edited by Neeli Cherkovski
Published December 2009
ISBN 978-0-615-29394-3, paper trade, $25.00 (USA)
471 pages (plus 111 additional pages reprinted from the 1960 City Lights Issue of Beatitude)
1,000 copies in print
America’s Press
