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Collected Poems 1947-1997 by Allen Ginsberg
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Collected Poems 1947-1997

by Allen Ginsberg

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No, the book focused on primarily fictional writers, although there are encounters with real life writers like Allen Ginsberg and Octavio Paz

... the guy that did the hardest drugs lived the longest. He's the George Burns of heroin-addled, gun-wielding Beats ;) Allen Ginsberg had his moments. "Howl" and "Kaddish" are outstanding. He just got too Buddhist for me. Still, better than becoming a born-again Christian. What ...

... offering some criticism or new perspectives. Tender Comrades Patrick McGilligan (about Hollywood blacklisting) Howl Allen Ginsberg The American Dilemma Gunnar Myrdal The Fire Next Time James Baldwin Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century American Ted Morgan On Civil Disobed ...

... mentioned in the song 'La Vie Boheme' in the musical RENT - just off the top of my head: Maya Angelou Susan Sontag Allen Ginsberg Langston Hughes I can't recall if particular books are mentioned though.

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