Ecstasy of the Beats
, by Creighton, David- ISBN: 9781550027341 | 1550027344
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/30/2007
Who were the Beats? They certainly weren't the sandal-clad "beatniks" of popular lore. The real Beats were dedicated writers, experimenters, skit improvisers, theorizers, hedonists, close friends, and shapers of the future who hung out at Columbia University and cheap Times Square cafeterias devouring ideas.