The Beats celebrate the 50th anniversary of BEATITUDE

Writer, poet and Tibetan Buddhist scholar Latif Harris, author of A Bodhisattva’s Busted Truth, is the proud editor of the highly anticipated Beatitude Golden Anniversary. Harris has teamed up with writer, poet and Beat historian Neeli Cherkovski, author of From the Canyon Outward, who proudly served as co-editor on the Beatitude Golden Anniversary literary project. Together, Harris and Cherkovski have brought a shiny gem to the literary world by compiling a 50th year anniversary edition of Beatitude, which was the well-respected literary journal founded in 1959 by Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, John Kelley, and William Margolis. Originally, Beatitude assisted in unveiling the literary talents of many aspiring poets of the early Beat Movement. And to honor that tradition, Harris and Cherkovski will soon release Beatitude Golden Anniversary to the eager masses of Beat enthusiasts.

In this anniversary edition, readers will come to explore the works of many iconic writers of the original Beat Movement, considerable thinkers like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure, ruth weiss, Bob Kaufman and many others. But it doesn’t end there. Harris and Cherkovski have also included some vivacious work from many of the Latter-day Beats of the 60s and 70s, important names such as Charles Bukowski, H.D. Moe, Gerald Nicosia, Janine Pommy Vega, A.D. Winans, and so on. The Modern-day Beats, writers like Patrick Carrington, Katherine Hastings, Alejandro Murguia,  W.J. Ray,  and others, are also proudly showcased in this explosive publication of hard core beatitude.

This is a must-have anthology, one put together with literary love and years of diligent planning. Nearly 500 pages in length, Beatitude Golden Anniversary promises readers a preeminent collection of pulsating works from numerous writers of the ever-thriving literary movement many proudly identify as Beat. Come and check out the release party of Beatitude Golden Anniversary at none other than City Lights Books in San Francisco on Tuesday, December 8th at 7:00 PM sharp. It’s sure to be a Beatific literary experience.

City Lights Bookstore

415-362-8193

Beatitude Golden Anniversary 1959-2009  Edited by Latif Harris and co-edited by Neeli Cherkovski

December 8th, 2009, nearly 500 pages

ISBN 978-0-615-29394-3, $25.00 (USA)

Copyright © 2009, Tony R. Rodriguez, Examiner.com