giovannigf: Lawrence Lipton's The Holy Barbarians offers a view of the West Coast beat scene from a central figure in the scene, and The Real Bohemia attempts to present a sociological view of the same scene from two "objective" observers. Surprisingly, it is the sociological study that features much more extensive selections of poetry by the participating beats, but both books complement each other to give a rounded view of a scene usually eclipsed by the more famous East Coast proponents (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs).… (altro)