Allen Ginsberg Poetry Collection

by Allen Ginsberg Narrated by Allen Ginsberg

Overview

A collection of recordings written and read by one of the greatest literary and cultural figures of the 20th. The collection is accompanied by a special 64 page booklet containing the poems.

Upon the release of his first published work, Howl and Other Poems (1956), Allen Ginsberg became the unlikely force of a movement that would change a generation: art, literature, sex, love, family and politics. None would ever be seen the same way again. The Beat Generation was born. And with it, the legend of the free-spirited, rule-breaking, brillian group of friends Ginsberg kept close--Jack Keroac, William Burroughts, Gregory Corso and Neal Cassady.

Including Ginsberg's two seminal works, Howl and Kaddish, as well as nearly two dozen other works, this collection celebrates a cultural icon who was of his time, ahead of his time, and whose legacy will transcend time. The collection includes such important works as:

Who Be Kind To, White Shroud, Footnote to Howl, Sunflower Sutra, America, Supermarket in California, My Sad Self, Wales Visitation, Sad Dust Glories, Plutonian Ode, My Green Automobile, Neal's Ashes, Many Loves, The Names, September on Jessore Road, Father Death Blues, and more...

What makes this collection very special is the accompanying 64 page booklet featuring the text of the poems.

Editorial Reviews

AUG/SEP 05 - AudioFile

It’s important to have a record of an author reading his own work, such as this 1995 performance of Ginsberg’s selected works. The material is personal, political, hortatory, sexual, satirical, and for the most part, thoughtful, funny, or touching. But this performance is primarily for students or devotees of Ginsberg, who was not a great reader. His voice is more nasal than sonorous. At times, he declaims the poetry like a prophet, but at others he tends toward an amateurish-sounding singsong delivery. His singing is painful, even with musical and vocal backup. The program includes a badly proofread booklet of reprinted poems, songs, and “random thoughts.” W.M. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

Library Journal

This collection of two dozen poems contains Ginsberg's seminal works Howl and Kaddish and others; read by the author. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

AUG/SEP 05 - AudioFile

It’s important to have a record of an author reading his own work, such as this 1995 performance of Ginsberg’s selected works. The material is personal, political, hortatory, sexual, satirical, and for the most part, thoughtful, funny, or touching. But this performance is primarily for students or devotees of Ginsberg, who was not a great reader. His voice is more nasal than sonorous. At times, he declaims the poetry like a prophet, but at others he tends toward an amateurish-sounding singsong delivery. His singing is painful, even with musical and vocal backup. The program includes a badly proofread booklet of reprinted poems, songs, and “random thoughts.” W.M. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170151820
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/23/2004
Edition description:	Unabridged

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