The Portable Beat Reader Author:Ann Charters (Editor) Through poetry, fiction, essays, song lyrics, letters, and memoirs, this authoritative single-volume collection of Beat literature captures the triumphant energy of a movement that swept through American letters with hurricane force. — Featuring: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gary Snyder, Neal Cassady, Gregory Corso, Diane Di P... more »rima, Bob Dylan, Ken Kesey, Charles Bukowski, Michael McClure, and more.« less