By David S. Wills
A Remarkable Collection of Angels
A History of the 6 Gallery Reading
The 6 Gallery reading was one of the most important literary events of the 20th century and is mentioned in many hundreds of books, but until now no one really knew what happened that night or how it came about. This is the first in-depth study of that evening and it gives a comprehensive history of the gallery in which it was held.
Author. Editor. Educator.
David S. Wills
David S. Wills is founder of Beatdom literary journal and the author of books about William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Haruki Murakami, and Hunter S. Thompson. He comes from Scotland but currently lives in rural Cambodia, where he raises geese.
These days, he mostly writes on Substack.
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editor@beatdom.com