Beats
The term Beats or Beatniks refers to a group of American lyrical poets who emerged from the mid to late 1950s with the publication the magazine Evergreen Review, and who denounced academic intellectualism, politics, and the status quo as fervently as they embraced freedom of thought, unconventional romance (homosexuality and free love - ironically, in the era of wholesome family values preceding the 1960s), spirituality, and creativity. Read more »