Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2024. First Printing. Perfect Bound Wrappers. This hot-off-the-presses latest (as of this writing) Winter 2024 number of the magazine-format literary journal dedicated to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features an essay on the life & work of classic hard-boiled twentieth-century proto-Beat author Nelson Algren by Jan Herman; an interview with Alice Notley conducted by Garrett..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This Early Summer 2015 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features a talk-based essay by Peter Anastas describing a visit to the great "Maximus" poet Charles Olson by none other than the Founding Father of the Beat Generation himself, Jack Kerouac, during October of 1968, the twilight of..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2011. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This Spring 2011 number of the magazine-format literary journal devoted to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy, wonderfully informative article by Rob Bridgett on the experimental cinematic collaborations of Anthony Balch, William S. Burroughs (the very Patron-Icon of our enterprise) & Brion Gysin. Also in this issue: "Who..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2001. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 2001 number of the indispensable Beat Generation-devoted magazine-format literary journal edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features tributes to the great primary Beat poet Gregory Corso, who passed away earlier that year, by Pauline Reeves, Vojo Sindolic & Michael Skau; along with several theretofore unpublished poems by Corso himself. Also in this..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1996. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage mid-1996 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features the transcript of a telephone interview with William S. Burroughs conducted by Ron Whitehead on June 19, 1996, slightly over a year before WSB's death. Also in this issue, an obituary of & the final interview with Jan Kerouac, Jack's..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2018. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the indispensable Beat Scene magazine edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features several important articles relating to the Greatest Beat-&-Beyond Icon of them all, William S. Burroughs: "William Burroughs and the Auerhahn Press" by Brian Dalton, which focuses on David Haselwood's fabled imprint & its productions of WSB's The Exterminator (1960..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2020. First Printing. Perfect Bound. The latest (as of this writing) number of the essential magazine devoted to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK. Featuring several tributes to Michael McClure (1932-2020), Giant of the Beat Generation, San Francisco Renaissance & beyond who passed away during May of 2020 at age 87. With firsthand reminiscences of McClure by..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2005. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. As poetry-centered counterpart to Beat Scene Magazine, Kevin Ring's "Transit" always delivers delectable poetic delights often overlooked or underappreciated. In Issue No. 15, David Meltzer begins the issue with two stellar poems, followed by poetry from Anne Waldman, Diane di Prima, Charles Plymell, Robert Creeley & others. Biographer/Poet Neeli Cherkovski contributes an exceptionally beautiful elegy to his mentor, the..... More