This essay was originally published in Beatdom #21. On July 18th, 1963, Allen Ginsberg sat on a train as it…
In 1965, Allen Ginsberg traveled to Eastern Europe, visiting Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Soviet Union alone. Ginsberg was a prolific…
‘Demiurgos scowled, and with that Plato awoke. Or did he?’ Voltaire The drug experience has often been perceived as a…
David S. Wills' new book, World Citizen: Allen Ginsberg as Traveller, is now on sale. World Citizen looks at the…
On March 1st, 2019, Beatdom Books will publish World Citizen: Allen Ginsberg as Traveller, an exciting new book by David…
In Women Writers of the Beat Era: Autobiography and Intertextuality, Mary Paniccia Carden argues that although the most famous writers…
In 1965, Allen Ginsberg jumped at the chance to peek behind enemy lines with a visit to communist Cuba. He…
Asia had long been a source of inspiration and fascination for Allen Ginsberg by the time he finally set foot…
In 1965 Allen Ginsberg flew to Cuba as part of a major poetry event hosted by the Casa de las…
As the birthplace of Western democracy, literature, and philosophy, it is hardly surprising that Greece was of such interest to…
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