Beat Generation

Obscenity. Addiction. Murder. William S. Burroughs was perhaps the most controversial member of the entire Beat Generation.

Neal Cassady was the literary icon who never finished a book in his life. But his life inspired some of the craziest characters ever written.

Before the hippies came around, there were the Beats—and at the forefront was Allen Ginsberg, the generation-defining poet of the iconic poem "Howl."

Obscenity. Addiction. Murder. William S. Burroughs was perhaps the most controversial member of the entire Beat Generation.

Obscenity. Addiction. Murder. William S. Burroughs was perhaps the most controversial member of the entire Beat Generation.

But who Jack Kerouac? How did he fit into the stories of the Beat Generation? What did he think of his legacy? Find out more about this iconic author.