The Denver Beat Scene: The Mile-High Legacy of Kerouac, Cassady & Ginsberg

by Zack Kopp

Overview

The Beat Generation descended on Denver with the same feverish intensity that rattled the caf's and art galleries of New York and San Francisco. Home to Neal Cassady and favorite stomping ground for both Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, the Mile-High City still pulses with the energy that made it a nerve center for cultural change and a sanctuary for the spoken word community. Author and Beat historian Zack Kopp pairs a narrative history of the movement with a stop-by-stop guide to its Denver landmarks and hot spots.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626197794
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	02/09/2015
Series:	History & Guide
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Zack Kopp is a freelance writer and editor in Denver. He is the author of two novels so far, a short story collection, a book of poetry, a collection of metamorphic prose and, most recently, a collection of articles, essays, interviews, reviews and commentary called Where's Kopp?"

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Preface 9

Introduction: The Beat Generation 11

The Denver Beat Scene 21

Jack and Neal and Denver 27

Neal and Allen and Denver 35

Neal's Youth in Denver 39

Jack and Ed White and Denver 47

Lu Anne Henderson 49

Carolyn Cassady (née Robinson) 52

Denver Jazz Scene, 1940s 55

Al and Helen Hinkle 64

Justin W. Brierly 67

Jack's House in Lakewood and Denargo Market 72

Neal Cassady as Countercultural Icon 75

Denver Beats in the '60s and '70s 80

Billy Burroughs and Ed Ward 86

Bloodlines 91

The Hyatts 96

The Johnsons at Naropa 106

Neal Cassady: The Denver Years 117

All About Angles 127

Appendix: Beat Tour Stops In and Around Denver 135

Index 141

About the Author 144