Bill Morgan faced the monumental task of selecting 165 of Allen Ginsberg's many letters--almost four thousand total--to include in this stunning volume. Arranged chronologically, they show the development of an extraordinary mind, restlessl...
A collection of poems by one of the greatest literary and cultural figures of the 20th century Upon the release of his first published work, Howl and Other Poems , in 1956, Allen Ginsberg became the unlikely force of a movement that would ...
Intimate detail and reflection inform the noted poet's journal account of his emotions, affairs, friendships, family relationships, and travels during the mid-1950s and of the events and discoveries that shaped his controversial poetry.
The collected correspondence of Allen Ginsburg, poet laureate of the Beat movement, and his old colleague and crony Neal Cassady. Spanning some twenty-five years from the 1940s to the late 1960s, the letters provide a portrait not only of t...
Subtitle: A Letter about Howl, 1956 an Explanation by Allen Ginsberg of His Publication Howl and Richard Eberhart's New York Times Article West Coast Rhythms, Together with Comments by Both Poets and Relief Etchings by Jerome Kaplan