Readers and acolytes of the vital early 1950s-mid 1960s writers known as the Beat Generation tend to be familiar with the prose and poetry by the seminal authors of this period: Jack Kerouac; Gregory Corso; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Diane Di Prima; and many others. Yet all of these authors; as well as other less well-known Beat figures; also wrote plays-and these; together with their countercultural approaches to what could or should happen in the theatre-shaped the dramatic experiments of the playwrights who came after them; from Sam Shepard to Maria Irene Fornes; to the many vanguard performance artists of the seventies. This volume; the first of its kind; gathers essays about the exciting work in drama and performance by and about the Beat Generation; ranging from the well-known Beat figures such as Kerouac; Ginsberg and Burroughs; to the "Afro-Beatsrdquo; - LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka); Bob Kaufman; and others. It offers original studies of the women Beats - Di Prima; Bunny Lang - as well as groups like the Living Theater who in this era first challenged the literal and physical boundaries of the performance space itself.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Not for me. Little geology. little about the effects on the park. And (my fault) I was more interested in later earthquakes.By Daniel P. SmithDont do what I did--buy it on impulse because Id visited Yellowstone National Park. First. download the sample--it will give you a good idea of what the rest of the book is like. Then read the Wikipedia article. "1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake." to get it clear in your mind what event the book is about. Hebgen Lake. and Earthquake Lake which was formed in 1959. are actually outside of Yellowstone National Park.This reads like a collection of good local newspaper stories. It opens with a human interest story. and I expected it to move on to other things. but it didnt. The book has a sameness from beginning to end. It is a series of stories about families that were camping. heard a noise. cars overturned. damaged by trees or boulders falling on them or inundated by water. injuries. families separated and reunited... and many pictures of damaged roads.It would probably be fascinating if youd lived anywhere nearby in 1959. or had been through it.Regrettably. as a guy from the East Coast who merely visited Yellowstone National Park as a tourist last year. I just didnt find it very interesting. Its well-written as far as it goes. and it is callous of me not to be interested in the disaster experiences of families. but... Im not.This is not like a Simon Winchester book. There is virtually nothing in it about geology. and very little about its effect on Yellowstone National park in general.When we were visiting Yellowstone. there were many signs calling attention to things that been changed--once-impressive geothermal features now dormant. once-dormant features now active. I didnt pay much attention to the years. nor did I do my homework before buying this book. or Id have realized that the changes they were talking about were probably the effects of earthquakes in 1994 and 2004. not 1959.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Book OKBy Jay SchwartzMostly just a review of peoples names. Not very informative about the physical causes. etc. I read it because we had camped there in previous years. and had camped there earlier that summer.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good readBy Ellen F. AbbottFascinating look into how our understanding of the earth and its workings has changed with knowledge gained by tragedies in the past. And a look at how people come together to help one another during a crises has not changed.
