Celebrations tonight in London for Material Wealth, Pat Thomas‘ and Peter Hale‘s “deep dive” into The Allen Ginsberg Archives. This event, co-sponsored by The Bureau of Lost Culture, takes place at The Horse Hospital in London’s Bloomsbury, starting-time, 6.30 BST. Pat Thomas (the author) and Peter Hale (representing the Estate) will discuss the genesis of the book, its purpose and intentions. They will be then joined by Rozemin Keshvani for further conversation, followed by performances by Aidan Andrew Dun and legendary guitarist Wizz Jones.
For Anne Waldman’s introduction to the book – see here
For The Allen Ginsberg Project review – see here
David S Wills reviews it for Beatdom
Jonah Raskin reviews it for Rock and The Beat Generation Substack
David Yaffe reviews it for Airmail
Paul Willner reviews it for zyzzyva
David Daniel reviews it for The Arts Fuse
Douglas Field in the TLS
and a great one in The Wire
For more on Allen as an archivist – see here