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September 8, 2026
“The Catterpiller on the Leaf/Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief” (William Blake) Allen Ginsberg on William Blake’s “The Auguries of Innocence”. continues from here AG: Now, here’s another one of the great ones that’s endlessly repeated: “The Catterpiller on the Leaf/Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief” Now how does that come about? That’s amazing. ‘Cause […]
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September 7, 2026
Night owl – photo by Artur Mikołajewski Allen Ginsberg, 1991, on William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence continues from here “The Owl that calls upon the Night/Speaks the Unbelievers fright” So there’s some people like naturalists, the song of the owl – “Hoot Hoot Hoot” is, you know, is the mating song, you know what it […]
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September 6, 2026
Allen Ginsberg at 100” live at Little Island, New York – Thomas Bartlett and all star band featuring Laurie Anderson, Bill Frisell, Little Annie, Oren Bloedow, Jason Burger, Jennifer Charles, Spencer Murphy, Douglas Wieselman, Davóne Tines, Gina Gershon, Anne Waldman and Michael Benjamin – photos from this past Thursday’s event – courtesy blorbach Thomas Bartlett […]
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September 4, 2026
Thomas Bartlett’s Allen Ginsberg at 100 celebration in New York at Little Island continues today and through the weekend Anne Waldman at the Wednesday night opening of Thomas Bartlett’s Allen Ginsberg at 100 celebration, New York City, Little Island, September 2, 2026 – photo: Mimi Goodman Thomas Bartlett and Little Annie (aka Annie Anxiety) at […]
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September 3, 2026
Starting tomorrow and continuing through the weekend The EBSN in conjunction with The Horse Hospital present London Interzone – Burroughs and Beats Rewired, “a three-day convergence of radical theory and sound, recognising the ongoing impact of the works of US writer William S. Burroughs and the Beat Generation, with London as a primary historical and […]
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September 1, 2026
Tomorrow in New York City – (Wednesday through Sunday) – five nights at Little Island – Thomas Bartlett – Allen Ginsberg at 100 The organizers write: “Thomas Bartlett with Laurie Anderson, Peter Hale and Jesse Goodman celebrate 100 years of Allen Ginsberg and his enduring impact on our city. Each night features an extraordinary house […]
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August 31, 2026
Charles Reznikoff, one of Allen Ginsberg’s lodestars was born on this date. See our last year’s posting on Charles Reznikoff (including Allen’s selection of recommended poetry, chosen “according to hardness, objectivity and vividness” – here ) Previous Reznikoff birthday postings – here, here, here, here and here More recent scholarship: Reading Charles Reznikoff – The […]
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August 28, 2026
Next week in New York City – (Wednesday through Sunday) – five nights at Little Island – Thomas Bartlett – Allen Ginsberg at 100 The organizers write: “Thomas Bartlett with Laurie Anderson, Peter Hale and Jesse Goodman celebrate 100 years of Allen Ginsberg and his enduring impact on our city. Each night features an extraordinary […]
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August 27, 2026
The Life and Times of Lester Young – Henry Ferrini (2013 trailer) President of Beauty – The Life and Times of Lester Young – Henry Ferrini (2026 trailer) Lester Young‘s Birthday today – Lester Young (1909-1959) Henry Ferrini‘s long-awaited documentary President of Beauty – The Life and Times of Lester Young is getting ever-closer to […]
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August 25, 2026
“I like this picture. We’ve often argued about..it was taken with Allen’s camera, but is it Allen’s photograph? is it Robert’s photograph? or is it just a mistake with the timer?” (Bill Morgan Transcript of this past June’s Howl Arts/Howl Archive presentation continues from here (and see video here) Next up, Bill Morgan Bill Morgan […]
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August 24, 2026
<Ginsberg Centennial Celebrations in New York this past June included this birthday reading at the St Mark’s Poetry Project, an on-going film series at the Anthology Film Archive – and: an informative five-part evening, on June 4th, (the day after Allen’s birthday), a series of readings and presentations at Howl Arts/Howl Archive The length of […]
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August 21, 2026
Tomorrow (Saturday) 6 p.m. at the Counterculture Museum – “The Worlds of Jack & Neal” with Steve Edington and Cathy Cassady. Friendship – the two discuss the unique friendship between Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and how their worlds collided, in effect (creating) a rebirth of one another.” Gregory Corso at Harvard – illustration […]
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August 20, 2026
Jonathan Collins has an upcoming one-man show of his “Beat and Counterculture Portrait” series at the Whistler House Museum of Art, in Lowell, Massachusetts opening on Saturday (August 22nd) and up until October 31 In addition to to the entire Portrait series, 36 portraits of the writers in the orbit of the Beat Generation, the […]
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August 19, 2026
Allen Ginsberg in 1991, on William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence continues from here “A Skylark wounded in the wing/A Cherubim does cease to sing” That’s a nice one. If you appreciate the skylark, it’s like a cherubim. Is that the skylark in the morning? When does the skylark come up? What’s symbolic about the skylark? […]
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August 18, 2026
“Each outcry of the hunted Hare…” (William Blake) Allen Ginsberg, in 1991, on William Blake’s “Auguries of Innocence” continues from here AG: “A dog starvd at his Masters Gate/Predicts the ruin of the State” The tiny details fucked up…will mean, or signifies, that there’s a greater systemic fuck-up in the entire culture. “A Horse misusd […]
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