Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1960. First Edition. Softcover. "The drive, the fury, the frankness they bring to their writing has made the Beat Generation the most hotly discussed literary movement of the century. Here is the Beat world, the world that has aroused the critics to shocked outrage and loud praise. Here is the jazz, the junk, the jargon- and, above all, the anger. Here is a ruthlessly honest..... More

Plymouth, UK: Plymouth Arts Center, 1987. Single Sheet. A broadside-flyer (14" x 8&1/2") announcing the "Beat Dreams and Plymouth Sounds" event at the Plymouth Arts Centre in Plymouth, UK during June 6-7, 1987 (no year stated, but our research indicates that year with certainty). Subtitled "A celebration of Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation through literature, film and Jazz," this event featured Carolyn Cassady (1923-2013), Neal Cassady's widow & memoirist..... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1996. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage early 1996 number of the magazine-format literary journal published & edited by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy interview of Ann Charters, pioneering biographer & editor of the works of Jack Kerouac; a long, comprehensive article by Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia on Jan Kerouac's disputes with her father's estate as controlled by his in-laws; a...... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1998. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 1998 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an excerpt from Keith Abbott's memoir of Richard Brautigan, Downstream from Trout Fishing in America, along with an article about the circumstances of Brautigan's suicide in 1984 by Ring. Also, a very lengthy & informative article by Jay Jones on..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2000. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Issue No. 38 of Beat Scene Magazine is stocked with the sort of carefully researched and expertly crafted contributions that give weight and worth to this venerable quarterly. Included in this issue is an interview with Dave Haselwood of the Auerhahn Press (publisher of John Wieners, Michael McClure, and Philip Lamantia among others), another interview with West Coast poet A.D...... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2004. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This Summer 2004 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an interview conducted by Ring with Greg Keeler on his friendship with Richard Brautigan, resulting in the memoir Waltzing with the Captain. Also a thoughtful essay on Allen Ginsberg by Vojo Sindolic, "Was Allen Ginsberg a Religious Poet?"; an interview..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2008. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 56 features an inside look at "the Latin American notebook of William S. Burroughs, "an item that surfaced in October of 1999 as part of Sotheby's "Allen Ginsberg & Friends" auction in New York City. Also included are features on recovered William S. Burroughs footage that has been subsequently made into a documentary, a look at artist..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, Summer 2012. First Printing. Staplebound. This recent number of the very significant Beat periodical published in the UK by Kevin Ring features an interview with William Hjortsberg, author of Jubilee Hitchhiker, the massive new biography of Richard Brautigan, along with a cover portrait of Brautigan also featured on the biography dust jacket. Also, an interview with Gordon Ball about his experiences on Allen Ginsberg's..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2014. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the magazine-format literary journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK is a special issue devoted to the Beats in Britain. With great, rarely reproduced 1966 photographs of a dapper William S. Burroughs in London with his "brolly" (umbrella) including on front cover; articles by the late Ken Brooks about his meeting WSB at the legendary..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2014. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 79 springs out the gate with a truthful retelling of the events & circumstances surrounding the suppression of the Fall 1958 Chicago Review, and the subsequent editorial revolt that created the now-celebrated & canonized Big Table Magazine. Next we have poet Clark Coolidge on Jack Kerouac's "Old Angel Midnight," and shortly after Kaye McDonough provides us with..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 77 begins with an excerpt from one of the newest posthumously assembled story collections from poetic giant Charles Bukowski, followed shortly thereafter by an interview with Philip Whalen biographer David Schneider. Also featured is an article on William S. Burroughs' time in London and another on the Hardiment Suitcase--a suitcase left behind by Burroughs and subsequently recovered..... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Book This winter/early spring 2015 number of the magazine-format literary journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK (the most current as of this writing in April 2015) features a series of lengthy, informative late interviews with the recently deceased Beat-related poet & novelist James Koller (1936-2014) conducted by Peter Garland during 2013-2014. Also a review by Laurence Ring..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In Beat Scene No. 53 editor Kevin Ring rolls us another collectible issue of his respected quarterly chock-full of the esteemed articles the publication is known for. Contributions by Ann Charters on the release of the original scroll of Kerouac's immortal "On the Road" and an feature on the integral, authoritative importance of author Joyce Johnson as biographer-friend to the..... More