Mania: The Story of the Outraged and Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution (Hardcover) by Ronald K L Collins, David M Skover

from sentimental13

I'm a longtime fan of the beats (I'm a poet and definitely wore the black beret in high school) so I was very intrigued by this book. It brought up a lot of the issues I'd heard about but not really read about, especially with the opening that begins with the murder by Lucien Carr. I especially e...

from Esquiress

Mania was one of those books I wasn't sure about when I received it in the mail. I had read On the Road and knew I wanted to know more about the Beats in general, but I'm not really a non-fiction reader most of the time. Thus, I was a little hesitant to dive right in, especially because the book,...

from jazznoir

With their third book, authors Ronald Collins and David Skover have not only continued their advocacy of pop culture and its effects on free speech, they have also added yet another tome into the Beat canon. Like Allen Ginsberg, who "saw the best minds of his generation destroyed by madness," the...

from berthirsch

It is the late 1940's and early 50's in America. In New York City a very small group of crazed poets gravitate towards one another on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Drawn there by their relationship to Columbia University and their shared interests, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Lucian Carr, W...

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As someone who doesn't usually enjoy non-fiction, I was pleasantly surprised with Mania. I've been curious about the beat generation for years, but never knew where to start, and I am glad that winning this book from Early Reviewers gave me the opportunity to start somewhere reliable yet simple. ...