The letters of Allen Ginsberg / edited by Bill Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.

Contributor:

Morgan, Bill, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence.

Poets, American.

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997--Correspondence.

Ginsberg, Allen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The best of poet Allen Ginsberg's correspondence with friends like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, edited by the author's longtime literary archivist.

Contents:

Contents; 1973; Prologue xvii; Acknowledgments xxi; 1941; June 11 To the New York Times 2; 1942; May 17 To Benson Soffer 4; 1943; December 17 To Eugene Brooks Ginsberg 6; September 4 To Lionel Trilling 10; 1945; January 7 To Lionel Trilling 14; 1946; ca. March 11 To Wilhelm Reich 16; 1947; ca. November To Neal Cassady 18; June 1 To Lionel Trilling 22; 1948; ca. November To Jack Kerouac 24; ca. December To Mark Van Doren 28; ca. April 21 To Neal Cassady 30; 1949; ca. May To Jack Kerouac 34; June 15 To Jack Kerouac 36; June 16 To John Clellon Holmes 42; July 14 To Jack Kerouac 51

February 24 To Jack Kerouac 561950; July 8 To Jack Kerouac 58; October 12 To Helen Parker 61; November 18 To Neal Cassady 62; March 15 To Neal Cassady 67; 1951; ca. May To Ezra Pound 70; September 7 To Neal Cassady 74; 1952; June 12 To Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs 76; July 3 To Neal Cassady 80; February 19 To Jack Kerouac 83; 1953; February 24 To Jack Kerouac 85; May 13 To William S. Burroughs 87; ca. January 12 To Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and Carolyn Cassady 90; ca. June 16 To Dwight Eisenhower 90; July 10 To Louis Ginsberg, Edith Ginsberg, and Eugene Brooks 94

August 14 To Eugene Brooks 96September 5 To Jack Kerouac 100; November 9 To Jack Kerouac 109; December 29 To Jack Kerouac 113; mid-August To Jack Kerouac 117; 1955; August 16 To Eugene Brooks 119; mid-September To John Allen Ryan 122; December 26 To Eugene Brooks 124; ca. April To Louis Ginsberg 128; 1956; May 18 To Richard Eberhart 130; August 3 To Robert LaVigne 139; August 11 To Rebecca Ginsberg 140; September 10 To Carolyn Kizer 141; December 7 To Lawrence Ferlinghetti 146; December 11 To Robert Creeley 147; April 3 To Lawrence Ferlinghetti 149; December 20 To e.e. cummings 149

June 8 To Robert LaVigne 151June 10 To Lawrence Ferlinghetti 154; August 13 To Jack Kerouac 158; November 13 To Jack Kerouac 168; January 20 To Peter Orlovsky 174; 1958; April 2 To Gary Snyder 178; February 22 To Herschel Silverman 178; ca. April 20 To Eugene Brooks 182; ca. April 20 To Louis Ginsberg 184; June 20 To Hannah Litzky 187; June 26 To Jack Kerouac 190; July 7 To Neal Cassady 197; late July To William S. Burroughs and Gregory Corso 199; September 7 To John Hollander 202; 1959; January 23 To Lawrence Ferlinghetti 219; February 17 To Time 220

May 11 To the New York Times Book Review 221May 20 To Louis Ginsberg 223; October 20 To Richard Eberhart 224; January 24 To Peter Orlovsky 226; 1960; June 2 To Eugene Brooks 228; June 10 To William S. Burroughs 230; June 21 To Louis Ginsberg 233; December 8 To Gregory Corso 235; February 2 To Kennett Love 237; 1961; late April To James Laughlin 242; June 12 To Louis Ginsberg 243; August 2 To Peter Orlovsky 247; ca. July 18 To LeRoi Jones 247; September 7 To Philip Lamantia 249; October 21 To Peter Orlovsky 250; November 25 To Eugene Brooks 252; January 27 To Eugene Brooks 254; 1962

February 25 To Lawrence Ferlinghetti 256

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613787187

9781281606471

1281606472

9780786726011

0786726016

OCLC:

471131939