Andy Clausen's Beat (2018)

New York City: Autonomedia (book, memoir, biography), 2018.
9" x 6" x 0.5", 210 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-1-57027-343-8.

Beat: The Latter Days of the Beat Generation – A First-Hand Account by Andy Clausen, as published by Autonomedia (New York City) in 2018.

A memoir of Andy Clausen’s experiences with the Beats, with illustrations by Michael Woyczuk. This mostly orbits Allen Ginsberg as a central connection, but there are some interesting smaller mentions of Burroughs (example: “From Burroughs the dark side, the use of the hyperbolic grotesque elucidating political realities, the futuristic hells described by that gaunt alabaster walking ghost of a Midwestern, avenging preacher delivering his precise invectives, hair-raising yarns, and polite society be damned exposures of human corruption.”) and memories (such as being Burroughs’ chauffeur for a day in Boulder).

This copy is signed by Andy Clausen and contains a short letter from Bobby Yarra (Golda Foundation) to poet Julien Poirier, noting the friendship with Clausen since Naropa in 1985.

This copy was acquired through Philip Smith, Bookseller (Berkeley, CA.)

Contents:

• Michael Wojczuk: illustrations
• Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: cover photograph
• Andy Clausen: text (no chapters)