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Which John Clellon Holmes novel, published in 1952, is often called the first Beat novel?
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Go
Which Beat writer wrote the autobiographical novel Big Sur?
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Jack Kerouac
Which Beat Generation writer created the character Japhy Ryder in The Dharma Bums?
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Jack Kerouac
Which Allen Ginsberg poem describes seeing “angelheaded hipsters” in the opening line?
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Howl
At which Paris hotel did William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Peter Orlovsky stay in the late 1950s?
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The Beat Hotel
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Which Beat writer wrote the autobiographical novel Big Sur?
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