Tag Archives: Allen Ginsberg

ALLEN GINSBERG’S THE FALL OF AMERICA VOL II, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO BENEFIT PEN AMERICA, OUT NOW

MUSICALLY INTERPRETING POEMS FROM GINSBERG’S THE FALL OF AMERICA: POEMS OF THESE STATES 1965-1971 FEATURING: AI WEIWEI, PHILIP GLASS, ANNE WALDMAN, THURSTON MOORE WITH SAUL WILLIAMS, DEVENDRA BANHART, MIHO HATORI, JACK DANGERS, YONI WOLF, FENNESZ & TAYLOR DEUPREE, STEPHEN HILLAGE & MIQUETTE GIRAUDY, KAI CAMPOS & CJ MIRRA, AND DJ SPOOKY / AKA THAT SUBLIMINAL …

Counterculture History Extravaganza to Arrive in Time for Holidays: Historian Pat Thomas’ Book, Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg, Out Dec 1

From the author of Listen Whitey! The sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 and Did It! Jerry Rubin: An American Revolutionary comes the next installment in Pat Thomas’ chronicling of the counterculture.  Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg will be published by Powerhouse Books (distributed by Simon & Schuster) on December 1, 2023. The book is a visual treasure trove of previously unpublished …

ALLEN GINSBERG AT EAST PORTLAND’S REED COLLEGE — THE FIRST RECORDED READING OF HOWL AND OTHER POEMS TO BE RELEASED ON OMNIVORE RECORDINGS APRIl 2, 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. — Allen Ginsberg’s first public reading of his epic poem “Howl” took place at San Francisco’s famous Six Gallery in October of 1955. Along with Ginsberg, the evening included readings by Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Philip Lamantia, and Michael McClure. Poet and anthologist Kenneth Rexroth was the emcee, and Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Neal Cassady were in attendance. Unfortunately for literary history, …