Publication of the work of writers on the "beat scene." With photographs by Fred McDarrah. Edited and with an introduction by Elias Wilentz. With contributions by Paul Blackburn, Ray Bremser, Marvin Cohen, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Richard Davidson, Diane DiPrima, Barbara Ellen, Kenward Elmslie, Bruce Fearing, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, John Fles, David Galler, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Goodman, James Grady, Robert Hanlon, Howard Hart, Richard Higgins, Lenore Jaffee, Ted Joans, LeRoi Jones, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Koch, Seymour Krim, Tuli Kupferberg, Philip Lamantia, Martin Last, Joseph LeSueur, Michael McClure, Jack Micheline, William Morris, Brigid Murnaghan, E.A. Navaretta, Robert Nichols, Frank O'Hara, Peter Orlovsky, Dan Propper, Hugh Romney, Albert Saijo, Marc D. Schleifer, Sally Stern, Lew Welch, Philip Whalen, Jonathan Williams.