Where the Beats first met

I took on a trip to prestigious Columbia University: this is where the Beat Generation first appeared. At first, the Beats met around Colombia College in the 1940's, and that's where they began to revitalize American literature. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and John Clellon Holmes were all students at Columbia, even though they did not at the time necessarily know each other yet.


A near-religious atmosphere in the heart of the "Low Memorial Library of Columbia University”. The guard at the entrance let me nevertheless take a quick photo of this space, capped by an impressive dome.