beatnik

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He’s put off by Ginsberg’s aggressiveness, though the aging beatnik softens somewhat when he realizes Hujar isn’t an emissary of the enemy so much as a photographer picking up work where he can get it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Finally, there is Georgia McCann, a self-styled Gen Z beatnik and events planner whose special talents include throwing parties for Anna Delvey and not washing her hands after she pees.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

How could this crazy beatnik character be Disney?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

Sixty-two years ago, he landed on the front page for arriving to create the beatnik scene.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2021

There was a kind of beatnik quality to the Durenmatt’s suit.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides