The Beat Goes On

 Jack Kerouac photographed by Allen Ginsberg in New York in September 1955. All images: © Allen Ginsberg/Corbis

Neal Cassady and Natalie Jackson on Market Street in San Francisco, c. 1955, text by Allen Ginsberg

Timothy Leary and Neal Cassady aboard Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters bus, 1964, photograph by Allen Ginsberg
The romantic allure of the Beat Generation of writers and poets continues to hold sway over contemporary audiences, as proven by the release of two new movies based on key texts from the era, Howl and On The Road, and an exhibition of photos currently on show at the National Theatre in London...

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