Juliana CataniaBeat Poetry MixTape Process NotesWhere are you in your soundwriting process?Apr 29, 2023Apr 29, 2023
Juliana CataniaDiane DiPrima Mixtape BibliographyDiPrima, Diane. “Loba.” The Portable Beat Reader. Edited by Ann Charters, Penguin, 1992, pp. 531–534.Apr 29, 2023Apr 29, 2023
Juliana CataniaStepping Foot into the Beat Community: Diane DiPrimaDiPrima enters into a predominantly male environment through her engagement with Beat poetry. The environment that she is entering has very…Apr 3, 2023Apr 3, 2023
Juliana CataniaDivine and Dynamic FemininityDiane DiPrima develops the divine, powerful nature of femininity throughout her poem “The Loba Dances”. DiPrima portrays the very…Mar 18, 2023Mar 18, 2023
Juliana CataniainThe Beat MixtapesVideo is Killing the Radio StarAmiri Baraka expresses his love for pop culture and its influence on the Beat generation in his poem, “In Memory of Radio.” Baraka utilizes…Mar 12, 20232Mar 12, 20232
Juliana CataniainThe Beat MixtapesSpirituality Fills the StomachMcClure’s use of synecdoche in the poem, “Peyote Poem”, develops the idea that one is empty without spirituality and that emptiness is the…Feb 19, 20232Feb 19, 20232
Juliana CataniainThe Beat MixtapesSpiritual Essentials of Beat LifeThe Beat poets used their writing as a way to connect to a greater visionary and spiritual aspect of life. Gary Snyder describes beat life…Feb 13, 20232Feb 13, 20232
Juliana CataniainThe Beat MixtapesSpontaneous Prose and Its Improvisational InfluencesJack Kerouac is credited for working to describe the beat generation in his essay, “The Origins of the Beat Generation.” Kerouac describes…Jan 29, 2023Jan 29, 2023
Juliana CataniainThe Beat MixtapesThe Industrial Sphinx, Catalyst of American MadnessAlthough many American institutions promote conformity, Beat poets, such as Allen Ginsberg, argued that this very nature of conformity was…Jan 22, 2023Jan 22, 2023
