Lust, Love, and Literature: The Columbia Murder that Launched the Beats
The Ear · The Columbia Daily Spectator
February 7, 202222m 37s
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Show Notes
Welcome back to The Ear, Spectator’s podcast dedicated to documenting, excavating, and investigating Columbia’s past and present. In this week’s episode, reporter Andrew Kirdahy recounts the early formation of the Beat Generation on Columbia’s campus, detailing the murder in Riverside Park that shaped the trajectory of the Beats’ lives and literary careers. This episode was produced by Chase Cutarelli with music by Matthew Lucia and Obi Okoli.