Carl Solomon, New York City, August 13, 1988 – photo Allen Ginsberg
Carl Solomon (1928-1993) would’ve turned 93 today, [96, 2024] the dedicatee of ‘Howl”, his name eternally linked (for good or ill, for good, surely) to that poem
For previous Carl Solomon birthday postings see here, here here, and here
Check out Bob Rosenthal on Carl Solomon, last year on The Allen Ginsberg Project – here
and Allen’s “Dream of Carl Solomon” – here
I was wondering what kind of psychiatric medications that Ginsberg was prescribed, if any — tranquilizers, valium, prozac, thorazine, etc.
For details on this and related matters – see Stevan M Weine’s forthcoming Best Minds – How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness – https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531502669/best-minds/