Leon Horton

I'm very pleased to announce that my book 'Gregory Corso: Ten Times a Poet' (Roadside Press, 2024) is now available from the Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University.

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. Beatdom #25, the San Francisco Renaissance issue, will be released October 7th. Available from Amazon.

Interview #42: Ron Whitehead, Part Two Poetry as music, music as poetry.

Part Two of myinterview with legendary poet Ron Whitehead is now available at Rock and the Beat Generation. We talk about his taste in music, more about the Beats, and all things Hunter S. Thompson. #huntersthompson #ronwhitehead #rockandthebeatgeneration

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Interview #41: Ron Whitehead, Part One Fresh flight of the outlaw poet

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It's been a great year for me so far at Rock and the Beat Generation over at Substack. #thebeats #thebeatgeneration

I'm over the moon to see my book "Gregory Corso: Ten Times a Poet" in the library at the University of Manchester. #gregorycorso #thebeatgeneration #thebeats #poetry #literature

Interview #38: Miles Albert Hall extravaganza turns 60

My interview with the Beat biographer and countercultural historian Barry Miles is out now at Rock and the Beat Generation. I'm buzzing.

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Interview #33: Jim Burns Bedrock figure as little magazine poet & editor

Interview #33: Jim Burns
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We did this interview on the centennial anniversary of Jack Kerouac's birth. It still feels special.

Sorry, but according to the Charles Bukowski Society he never said this. It is a bastardisation of Yeats.

Oh, wonderful. I hope you enjoy it. There are some serious Beat stalwarts in there: Anne Waldman, Ed Sanders, Neeli Cherkovski, Gerald Nicosia, Raymond Foye, Rosemary Manno and many others. As editor I thought it was going to break me, but we got there.

The Burroughs-Warhol Connection Beatdom Books, 2025) by Victor Bockris, including an interview with the author by yours truly, is available now through Amazon. #booksky #williamburroughs #thebeatgeneration #andywarhol

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'Gregory Corso: Ten Times a Poet' (Roadside Press, 2024) - an acclaimed collection of essays, memoirs, poetry, and photography in tribute to the legendary Beat Generation Poet - is available now from Amazon and online booksellers.

The courageous senfuma Hans reports from Uganda about the draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act and the havoc it's wreaking on LGBT people. In @QueerMajority. www.queermajority.com/essays-all/t...

Interview #30: Dan Richter Foot in both Beat & Beatles camps

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I'm not judging, I wouldn't dare, I live in the UK.

Excellent!!

Love this interview with James Charnley about his biography on Jeff Nuttall.
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Beat Soundtrack #34: Leon Horton Glad to be Beat

I loved doing this interview for Rock and the Beat Generation, a chance to talk about my taste in music and how my life relates to the Beats.

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An essay on the polymath Jeff Nuttall, publisher, artist, writer, and jazz musician.

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Definitely. One of a kind. I ended up living with his ex-wife for a while. When she left him she took his typewriter. I got to write on it.

I met him in the Roadhouse. I was was thinking, don't look like a fan, then I just blurted out,"Can I just say, I think The Fall are the greatest band ever." Smith nodded, ordered a pint, stuck it in my hand, kissed me on the cheek and said, "Fuck off." Still makes me laugh. Best fuck off ever.