Ginsbergs Howlhe poem Howl was written in Ginsbergs cottage in Berkeley in the summer of 1955. Many factors went into the creation of the poem. A short time before the composition of Howl, Ginsbergs therapist encouraged him to quit his job and pursue poetry full time. That summer he experimented wit ...
Some excerpts from Jack Kerouacs appearance on William F. Buckleys Firing Line in the fall of 1968.The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder way, in the late forties, of a generation of crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly ris ...
Silent footage of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, and others in New York, Summer 1959. The location is in and around the Harmony Bar & Restaurant at E 9th St. and 3rd Ave. Others seen are Mary Frank (wife of film-maker Robert Frank) and children Pablo and Andrea, as well as Luciens wife F ...
Fernanda Pivano, the translator of Jack Kerouacs books into Italian, introduces footage of her encounter with Kerouac in Milan, Italy, in September 1966. Jack had visited Italy to promote the publication of the Italian translation of his novel Big Sur.
The late Gregory Nunzio Corso an American poet, the fourth member of the canon of Beat Generation writers (with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs) discusses Jack Kerouac. Some good advise for young poets.
Fabulous live portrait of a freewheeling Kerouac.This video had to be reposted. Wed be grateful if you could repeat your comments to prior version. Thanks!