Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Paterson, New Jersey. He formed a bridge between the Beat movement of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s, befriending, among others, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, William S. Burroughs, Timothy Leary, Gregory Corso, Bob Kaufman, Herbert Huncke, Rod McKuen, and Bob Dylan.

External links

• Allen Ginsberg on Poets.org With audio clips, poems, and related essays, from the Academy of American Poets
• Allen Ginsberg
• "Ginsberg's Celestial Homework" Specialized Reading List for "Literary History of the Beat Generation," a course taught by Allen Ginsberg at Naropa Institute during the summer of 1977.
• "The clearing house for all things Ginsberg"
• On Allen Ginsberg by Ralph Lichtensteiger
• "The Great Marijuana Hoax -- Allen Ginsberg"(the first half of which was written on marijuana)
• allenginsberg.org | MP3 files and much more
• Naropa Audio Archives: Allen Ginsberg class (August 6th, 1976) Streaming audio and 64 kbit/s MP3 ZIP!
• Naropa Audio Archives: Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg reading, including Howl (August 9th, 1975) Streaming audio and 64 kbit/s MP3 ZIP!
• Blue Neon Alley - Allen Ginsberg directory
• Spike Magazine Interview