Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Lucy Jones calls beat poetry "rubbish"

Dear Readers:

Perhaps some of you would like to respond to Lucy Jones' article in which she calls beat poetry "rubbish." It is available here.

Thank you.

2 comments:

Linda Sue Grimes said...

Yes, she's absolutely right, especially her remark, "Stream-of-consciousness, let's be honest, is a lazy, easy way for a junkie to write on a hangover without much thought."

Rick Dale, author of The Beat Handbook said...

Linda, given your opinion of stream-of-consciousness writing, what on earth are you doing wasting your time on this blog devoted to Jack Kerouac?