Beat Book Shop

Boulder


Tom Peters is the poet proprietor of this funky pile of consistently brainy, soulful books. We’re talking more than 30 Kerouac titles, as well as classics from Ginsberg, Burroughs and (Beat-esque) Bukowski, among others. His opening hours vary but Peters claims to be here from afternoon into the night daily. Well worth a browse.


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