Carolyn Cassady’s painting of the young Allen Ginsberg (with William Blake’s “The Ancient of Days”) (1991)
A brief miscellany:
“Suburban Swansong” – Simon Warner recalls his 2012 visit to the English home of Neal Cassady‘s widow, Carolyn Cassady – see here
Jerry Cimino of The Beat Museum (currently on tour) is interviewed – see here
David Amram, the indefatigable David Amram, is profiled – here
David Amram remembers Jack Kerouac
Kerouac and Cassady scat-singing – (one of the many treasures in the Ginsberg Stanford archives)
Another priceless gem from the archives – here
Does anyone remember seeing a large painting of a bearded Allen pictured in overalls while he was standing in a tomato garden, with a younger Allen on a staircase in the background? It was done in 1982, during his late tenure at Naropa. I’d love to have a photo of it.