Beatdom #24 is dedicated to the Beat writers who lived on or wrote about the West Coast of the United States. This issue looks at the lives and work of Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Duncan, Diane di Prima, and many more Beat icons. It also explores the extent to which the West Coast helped shape Beat literature (as well as its public image) and how the Beats may have morphed into the later hippie movement.Here's what you can expect from Beatdom #24: EssaysGo West Young Beats, by Ryan MathewsKenneth Rexroth: West Coast Bard, by David S. WillsPrivate[s] Practice: Reading the Priestess in Diane di Prima's Memoirs of a Beatnik, by Kaley HensleyLisa Says: Lisa Brinker, Gregory Corso, & Max, by Kurt HemmerDuncan Among the "Stars" An Essay on Robert Duncan's Poetics of "Open Form", by Yorio HiranoA Note on Climate and Culture, by Weldon KeesAnd the Hippies Were Boiled in Their Tank Tops, by Leon Horton InterviewsEileen Myles Interview, by Sylas YaradSoheyl Dahi Interview, by Ryan Mathews MemoirsGary Snyder Noticed my Face Tattoo, by Tony Wallin-SatoDiscoveries, by Barry Garelick ReviewsHe, Leo: The Life and Poetry of Lew WelchMaterial Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen GinsbergBecoming Kerouac: A Writer in His Time