Memories of Allen – John Drew provides a lively account of meetings with Allen in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and vintage days in Liverpool, England – here
& our friend, Marc Olmsted discusses the subject of Buddhism and the legacy of Allen Ginsberg – here
See also Will Pinfold’s review (in Spectrum Culture) – here

For a taste of that, and an insight into McClure’s genius – see here
See Kevin Canfield’s review in the San Francisco Chronicle – here
Sasha Matson reviews Harry Smith and Dust-to-Digital’s collection of Harry Smith B Sides for Stereophile – see here (for our earlier notes on the reception of this collection – see here)
Barney Rosset (alongside Lawrence Ferlinghetti), pioneers in the fight against literary censorship – Lanyll Stephens of the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation tells their story here
Harry Redl, author of the famous photo of Allen and “Moloch” (sic) (1956, Allen pointing to the location of the notorious Sir Francis Drake Hotel, in San Francisco) is the subject of an intriguing documentary (made back in 1995) – see here (thanks to Jerry Cimino of The Beat Museum for reminding us of this one)
&, April 16, Charlie Chaplin, and the great genius of modern dance, Merce Cunningham were both born on this day.