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Mysteries of The Six Gallery

Sixty-eight years ago today, six poets changed American literature forever with a powerful and now legendary reading at a former…

2 years ago

On the Road: Ginsberg in Siem Reap & Other Beat Tales

The following is a transcript from a speech I gave recently at the Angkor International Festival of the Arts in…

4 years ago

The Howling Inferno: Crying Out in Anguish to America

But all the streets are burning everywhere. The city is burning these multitudes that climb Her buildings. Their inferno is…

5 years ago

Allen Ginsberg Changed My Life

I don’t know where it was that I first read Allen Ginsberg, but strangely enough, I wanted to follow in…

6 years ago

“Howl” Continues to Offend in the Era of Tabloid Journalism

It should be of little surprise that Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” was at the heart of a debate about what is…

6 years ago

Insanity in Ginsberg’s and Epstein’s Howl from a Foucauldian Point of View

…the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be…

6 years ago

An Excerpt from World Citizen

The following is a short excerpt from Part 2 of David S. Wills' recent publication, World Citizen: Allen Ginsberg as…

7 years ago

Mechanics And Poetics: William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg

William Carlos Williams played an important part in making “Howl” a well-known poem, especially in terms of communication. Indeed, William…

8 years ago

Sixty Years After the Six Gallery Reading

October 7th, 1955, was arguably one of the most important dates in American literature. On that date, in a “run…

10 years ago

Howl (2010) – How to Adapt a Beat Classic

By Michelle Rudolf From Beatdom #14     The 2010 movie, Howl, an adaptation of Allen Ginsberg’s classic Beat poem,…

12 years ago

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