ALLEN GINSBERG

A brief profile of Allan Ginsberg and his work.

By the age of 30, Ginsberg would be briefly imprisoned for charges of obscenity produced against his first book, Howl and Other Poems (1956). This is his story.

A lighthearted attempt to pose a pseudo philosphical question in the hopes that I could grow a thicker beard.

While hitchhiking through the Midwest I met two kindred souls...

Book Review on Spontaneous Mind, a collection of interviews collected by editor David Carter on the beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg.

In his poem "First Party At Ken Kesey's With Hell's Angels," Allen Ginsberg rapidly details a party in the �60s that is filled with sex, drugs, and rock �n' roll.

Examining the declining opinion of Beat poetry amongst modern college students.

In his poetry, Allen Ginsburg describes the America of his time as a place where it is difficult for the individual to stand alone because of the mass media and culture evolving around him.

This essay highlights Allen Ginsberg's poem.

A poem called "When: With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg."

A love of Beat poets fueled an impromptu cross country trip to San Francisco to visit the infamous City LIghts Bookstore. What started as a whim morphed into the cohesion of a makeshift family of malcontents and also into my new home.

The Hip Pocket Theatre opens its 33rd season with the epic poem "Howl," by Allen Ginsberg, being shown through June 28th.

A short review of an interview with The Beat Poet, Allen Ginsburg.

John Allen Cassady, the son of famous beatnik legend Neal Cassady, says, "The 'Beat Generation' is in full-swing in San Francisco, but it never really went away."

All titles available through Amazon.com, covering a wide variety of poetic schools and geologic locations.

An essay discussing William Burroughs' Queer and Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the corresponding theme of addiction of the two works.

This article examines the re-emergence of individualism in post-WWII America through the context of Allen Ginsberg's poetry, John C. Holmes' "This is the Beat Generation," and Susan Sontag's "What's Happening in America?" and Tom Hayden's "The Port Huron Statement."

A look at the life of Bob Dylan through the eyes of Martin Scorsese.

Neal Cassady was the real-life inspiration for Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road." In 1997, city officials in Monter Sereno, Calif. allowed the house to be demolished so the new owners could build a a new house.

Guy Fieri featured this diner on his Food Network show ("Drive Ins, Diners, and Dives") for a very good reason; the food is great! The staff know how to mix sassyness with friendliness for a great dining experience.

A brief biography of the Beat poet Gregory Corso.

I am fascinated with Amiri Baraka! His poetry is incredible, and listening to him is better than reading his writing. I think I wrote several papers about him while in college.

Are you dreaming to become the next Kerouac? Kerouac's novels, especially Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums, were essentially an author's How-to write using the spontaneous prose method. Learn more how to write in trance-like meditation the way Kaerouac did.

Welcome to the life of bikers, as expressed in the words of the rebels themselves. It's poetry like you've never seen it.

A drunken old beatnik tries to justify his lifestyle in a coffee shop full of kids.

Learn how to distinguish between these oft-confused traditions.

Nietzsche would have loved the experiments of anti-control and the disharmonic syncopation of Burroughs writing, themes, and plots.