Allen Ginsberg, one of the key Beat Generation writers, managed to achieve the equivalence of rock-star status in the world of poetry. Material Wealth: Allen’s voice in poems and songs 1956-1996, ...

The pair of poets were close to The Beatles in their own way. According to his website, Ginsberg met the Fab Four in a hotel room. Both Cuba and Czechoslovakia had recently kicked him out. He arrived ...

v. 1. Moloch! Walking at night in Key West ; A mad gleam ; The green automobile ; A supermarket in California ; Howl : for Carl Solomon ; Footnote to Howl ; America ; Sunflower sutra ; Green Valentine ...

A new tribute album offers musical interpretations of Ginsberg's poems. The poet and countercultural activist spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about his poem "Howl," which was inspired by his mother.

MOSLEY: Terry Gross spoke to Allen Ginsberg in 1994. At the time, a box set of recordings of his poems and songs titled "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" had been released. She asked him about his poem "Howl," ...