# Scratching the Beat Surface

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- Book: [Scratching the Beat Surface](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-mcclure/scratching-the-beat-surface) ([Scratching the Beat Surface.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-mcclure/scratching-the-beat-surface.md))
- Authors: [Michael McClure](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-mcclure)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4023-252-3
- Pages: 192
- Published: 1994-11-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This insider's view of the Beat scene of the fifties and early sixties vividly marks the advancement of a new perception of art as " a living bio-alchemical organism" through essays by a poet and playwright...