Ginsberg, Allen

A twentieth-century American poet who was a leading figure among the beatniks during the 1950s. His long, loosely structured works include Howl . When his publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, was tried (and acquitted) for printing obscene material, Ginsberg became for many a hero.

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With characters like Allen Ginsberg [in Howl], my love for him started with his work when I was a teenager.

As ever Allen Ginsberg This one short note in the Orlovsky archive reveals over 30 years of animosity.

Immediately afterwards, Kathy Acker died of breast cancer, then Allen Ginsberg went, and then William Burroughs.

Naked Lunch By William Burroughs Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac found William Burroughs high on heroine in a Tangiers hotel.

This week, Molly Ringwald's pretty new memoir, indie Canadian rocker Caribou, and Allen Ginsberg's photos of the Beats.

Images (including some from Allen Ginsberg's collection) make the book almost a collective oeuvre.

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