Sam Kashner, a teenager in love with poetry in the 70s, went to the Naropa School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, CO to study under the leaders of the Beat Poetry Movement: Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso and Anne Waldman.
Listen an NPR podcast to find out about his experiences.
You can check out his book, When I Was Cool, from the CCHS Learning Commons! Dr. Cicchetti (who is also a big Kerouac fan) will help you find it.