Peter Orlovsky, New York City, October 11, 1988 – photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate
Ninety years ago on the Lower East Side of New York, the birth of one Peter Anton Orlovsky. We noted his passing back in May. We’re happy to celebrate his birthday today. Ninety years on, Allen’s beloved and life-long companion.
Allen Ginsberg (with Peter Orlovsky) by Elsa Dorfman / 1983, Polaroid Polacolor ER print / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Elsa Dorfman in honor of Harvey A. Silverglate / © 1983 Elsa Dorfman