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Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010)

Author of Clean Asshole Poems and Smiling Vegetable Songs

6+ Works 108 Members 1 Review

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Image credit: Peter Orlovsky (R) with Allen Ginsburg (L) CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=540360

Works by Peter Orlovsky

Associated Works

The Portable Beat Reader (Viking Portable Library) (1992) — Contributor — 1,592 copies, 11 reviews
City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 413 copies, 6 reviews
The New American Poetry 1945-1960 (1960) — Contributor — 348 copies, 2 reviews
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1988) — Contributor — 189 copies, 1 review
Beat Down to Your Soul: What Was the Beat Generation? (2001) — Contributor — 105 copies, 1 review
Gay Sunshine Interviews. Vol. 1 (1978) — Interviewee — 66 copies, 3 reviews
Big Table 3 (1959) — Contributor — 7 copies
Intrepid No. 5, 1st Anniversary Issue — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Orlovsky, Peter Anton
Birthdate
1933-07-08
Date of death
2010-05-30
Gender
male
Education
Newtown High School
Columbia University
Occupations
poet
Organizations
Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
Relationships
Ginsberg, Allen (partner)
Nationality
USA (birth)
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Places of residence
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, USA
Place of death
Williston, Vermont, USA
Associated Place (for map)
Vermont, USA

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Reviews

2 reviews
I have to say that I find Orlovsky's poems overly simplistic for my taste, but reading this has provided insights into the man Allen Ginsburg lived with for most of his life.

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