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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

simonwarner.substack.com/p/generation... My latest interview, with Beatdom editor David S. Wills, is available at Rock & the Beat Generation.

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Generation Beat #4: David S. Wills

Publisher, editor and prolific author

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ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@leonhorton.bsky.social -Gregory Corso at Harvard and more Friday's Weekly Round-Up allenginsberg.org/2026/08/f-a-...

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Crazy times. My latest essay, 'Allen Ginsberg on the Road to the Royal Albert Hall' has been given the thumbs up in a Times Literary Supplement review of Beatdom #26.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My latest 'Generation Beat' interview is with Pat Thomas, author of 'Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg' and 'Listen Whitey!: The Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975'. open.substack.com/pub/simonwar...

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Generation Beat #3: Pat Thomas

Multi-tasking on the counterculture frontline

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I missed this Beat Scene review of "Gregory Corso: Ten Times a Poet" by Sophia Nitrate when it first came out. Found it today in the University of Manchester library. #gregorycorso #thebeats #beatpoet #thebeatgeneration

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ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

@leonhorton.bsky.social - Beatdom Ginsberg Centennial issue - allenginsberg.org/2026/05/w-m-...

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Found this Amiri Baraka poem in a charity shop for £2.99. Absolute bargain. #thebeats #amiribaraka #beatpoet #thebeatgeneration #beatpoetry

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Thrilled to have two pieces, "Allen Ginsberg on the Road to the Royal Albert Hall" and "Twice Around Allen: An Interview with Bob Rosenthal and Peter Hale," in Beatdom #26.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Proud to have conducted this interview with the inimitable Brian Hassett. The Beat, as so many of us know, goes on. simonwarner.substack.com/p/generation...

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Generation Beat #1: Brian Hassett

Canadian scribe kicks off new series

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

simonwarner.substack.com/p/interview-... So stoked! My second interview with legendary Beat biographer and countercultural historian Barry Miles is now up at Rock and the Beat Generation over at Substack.

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Interview #46: Miles, Part Two

Beat biographer's book tastes, musical choices

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Proud to have my interview with author Stewart Meyer featured in The Bunker Diaries (Beatdom Books, 2025), a remarkable memoir of his friendship with William Burroughs. #williamburroughs

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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 simonwarner.substack.com/p/interview-...

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Interview #42: Ron Whitehead, Part Two

Poetry as music, music as poetry.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

My interview with the Beat biographer and countercultural historian Barry Miles is out now at Rock and the Beat Generation. I'm buzzing. simonwarner.substack.com/p/interview-...

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Interview #38: Miles

Albert Hall extravaganza turns 60

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

open.substack.com/pub/leonhort... We did this interview on the centennial anniversary of Jack Kerouac's birth. It still feels special.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

'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.

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senfumahans.bsky.social @senfumahans.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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...

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The Ugandan Inquisition — Queer Majority

Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act has made it one of the most dangerous places on Earth to be LGBT. Can anything be done?

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

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

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Love this interview with James Charnley about his biography on Jeff Nuttall. leonhorton.substack.com/p/jeff-nutta...

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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. open.substack.com/pub/simonwar...

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Beat Soundtrack #34: Leon Horton

Glad to be Beat

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

An essay on the polymath Jeff Nuttall, publisher, artist, writer, and jazz musician. leonhorton.substack.com/p/jeff-nutta...

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

You know, you get some very strange reactions in the chemists when you accidentally say out loud, to no one in particular, "No, he'll bring the lube."

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

open.substack.com/pub/leonhort... We did this interview on the centennial anniversary of Jack Kerouac's birth. It still feels special.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

'The Burroughs-Warhol Connection' (Beatdom Books, 2024) by Victor Bockris. Proud and honoured to be involved withis magnificent project. Available 1st December from Amazon and online booksellers.

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Leon Horton @leonhorton.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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