A review by chelseamartinez
The Beats: A Graphic History by Paul M. Buhle

4.0

Great if only as an annotated bibliography of beat poets, authors, and related musicians to look up. I enjoyed the second half more than the first, although I did learn a lot of trivia about Kerouac and the first half does a good job of juxtaposing the famous beat writers' lowlife behavior with their art without too much judgment and without absolution either. My favorite chapter was the last, on the Fugs.