Curated OER
Visual Aural Impressions
Students view a piece of impressionist art, listen to a piece of jazz music and then write a piece about the picture in the style of beat poets. They compare their writing and look for differences in their perceptions.
Curated OER
Locational Writing
Students go outside to the playground and write a piece in the style of beat poets based on what they see and hear outside.
Other
Unspeakable Visions: Beat Generation&bohemian Dialectic
Paper detailing the emergence of the Beat Generation and the Bohemian Dialectic.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Beat Movement
This encyclopedia entry surveys the Beat movement in American literature and culture during the 1950s and early 1960s, which was personified by such writers as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.
Other
Cosmic Baseball Association: Gary Snyder
Biography of Beat generation writer Gary Snyder includes a quote and photos.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Gary Snyder: Short Bio
Read a short biography on Snyder written by Ann Charters from "The Portable Beat Reader."
Sacred Text Archive
Sacred Texts: Smokey the Bear Sutra by Gary Snyder
This site offers the text to "Smokey the Bear Sutra" by Gary Snyder.
Other
Amba: Gary Snyder: Biography, Bibliography, Photo
Read a biography of Gary Snyder on this American Museum of Beat Art site. There is also a bibliography of his works.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: A Brief Guide to the Beat Poets
Contains a brief explanation of the Beat poetry movement. Also includes a short excerpt from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl."