Jan 20, 2023
Origins of the Beat Generation
“Beat has stuck (though all hipsters hate the word). The word “beat” originally meant poor, down and out, deadbeat, on the bum, sleeping in subways. Now that the word is belonging officially it is being made ton stretch to include people who do not sleep in subways but have a certain new gesture, or attitude, which I can only describe as a new more.” — Jack Kerouac
“Swinging group of new American men intent on joy.” — Jack Kerouac
“The vision of the word Beat as being to mean beatific.” — Jack Kerouac