“It’s the Old Thoreau Tradition”
This morning I was reading a 1972 interview with poet Allen Ginsberg and came across the following exchange… YLP: I was surprised to see the importance young Americans grant now to the Do It Yourself…
Tag: Allen Ginsberg
“Action Needed, Goethean Action”
Allen Ginsberg, Journals: Mid-Fifties 1954-1958, edited by Gordon Ball During winter and spring of 1996 I went on a binge of poet Allen Ginsberg’s books: poems, letters, photos, journals (I was taking a break from…
Three Working Epigraphs for Forthcoming Book
Everybody too intransigent. Everybody too mean. —Allen Ginsberg Appreciation is the sacrament. —Allen Ginsberg You have to write your own history, nobody’s going to do it for you. —Allen Ginsberg
“Holy the Supernatural Extra Brilliant Intelligent Kindness of the Soul!”
The title comes from Allen Ginsberg’s poem, Howl
Note to a Friend on Back of Ginsberg’s 1977 poem, Grim Skeleton
Beginning 23rd year proffing this past week Turned 59, Ginsberg 51 when he “Grim Skeleton” sounded off Ah, what to do with disasters near and far, Dave Chappelle should be prez, Laughter good for soul,…
Note to a Friend alongside Copy of Ginsberg’s 1973 Poem “Yes and It’s Hopeless”
And so, if it’s (still) hopeless, 2019, all the more reason to cultivate garden, play with Dominic, work on yr Italian pronunciation, sing aloud Carole King songs, have CTSA reunions, host STN skull sessions, seek…
Take Your Pick
1. Do not be angry, not even at a dog or an insect. Strive to give whatever actual help you can. If you cannot help, then think and say: May this sentient being or troublemaker…
Arousing Enthusiasm: Allen the Talker
for Laura Lapinski, who makes me laugh while lunching at Medina Grill, walking around the CWE, and hanging out in Left Bank Books There’s 15 to 20 Allen Ginsberg poems I’ve loved, and shared with…
Beautiful and Toxic Multitudes
Jewish because reading Dostoyevsky at 13 I write poems at restaurant tables Lower East Side, perfect delicatessen intellectual –Allen Ginsberg, Yiddishe Kopf Prompted by a recent tragedy, I turned again to the conclusion of Fyodor…
Not So Random Entries, Commonplace Moleskine/8
51. Neal looks older, Jewish, very serious and on powerful integrity drive. –Allen Ginsberg, letter to Jack Kerouac 151. In the beginner’s mind there is no thought, “I have attained something.” All self-centered thoughts limit…