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Beats A Graphic History

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ISBN-10: 0809016494

ISBN-13: 9780809016495

Edition: N/A

Authors: Harvey Pekar, Paul Buhle, Ed Piskor

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List price: $18.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/13/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.73" wide x 8.97" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Ed Piskor (1982) is an alternative cartoonist living and drawing out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a former student ofnbsp;The Kubert Schoolnbsp;and is best known for his artistic collaboration withnbsp;underground comicsnbsp;pioneersnbsp;Harvey Pekar, his graphic novelnbsp;Wizzywig, and his blockbuster seriesnbsp;Hip Hop Family Tree.nbsp;Piskor is revered for his combination of golden age drawing style and smart storytelling.nbsp;The Washington Postnbsp;once said that "Piskor is able to render a world that resonates as truth." Currently, he is knee deep in drawing the next book in thenbsp;Hip Hop Family Treenbsp;five-volume series.

Introduction
The Beats: Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs
Jack Kerouac
Allen Ginsberg
William S. Burroughs
The Beats: Perspectives
The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance
Michael McClure
Philip Whalen
Between Rexroth and Gary Snyder in the Bay Area
Robert Duncan
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Gregory Corso
LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka
Charles Olson
Robert Creeley
City Lights and the Beats in San Francisco
Kenneth Patchen
Lamantia
Gary Snyder
Diane di Prima
The Janitor story and art
Beatnik Chicks
Jay DeFeo: The Rose
Art Beats
Jazz and Poetry
The Harassment of d.a. levy
Tuli Kupferberg
About Our Artists and Writers
Acknowledgments