Friday’s Weekly Round-Up – 793

We belatedly noted last month Randy Roark and his lively and engaging Substack. This past month he’s been featuring in three parts – an essential transcript – “Excerpts on Dylan from Hal Willner‘s interview with Allen Ginsberg for Holy Soul Jelly Roll” – (recordings made in 1993)

part one is here 

part two is here 

part three is here 

More Ginsberg-on-Dylan via Randy  here  and  here 

Ginsberg-Glass – Let the Poets Speak: A Celebration of Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg.   Centennial tonight at Stanford

and in New York next Monday (November 1st, 5 – 7) at the Poetry Project, St Marks  – “Saints and Scoundrels: A Poetry Reading with Patti Smith plus Lenny Kaye, Oliver Ray, Janet Hamill, Gerard Malanga, and Anne Waldman (all sold out – but we just thought you might like to know!), part of the ongoing  City Lore People’s Poetry Gathering  

Halloween weekend – tomorrow – the spirits will be out.  It’s also (October 31st) John Keats’ birthday! – and the birthday (today) and the death day (on Monday) of Ezra Pound

There’s extensive Pound posts on the Allen Ginsberg Project.   For a starter see here – and also here and here

…and late-breaking news – and sad news – on this, the Neal Cassady Centennial too – Neal and Carolyn’s son, John Allen (the Allen after Allen, the John after Jack) passed away this past week, aged 75, after a long illness (the second Cassady death this year, his sister, Jami passed this January, at the same age leaving the  only survivor, Cathy)  – Our thoughts are with her and all his loved ones  – and he had many  – John Allen,  Rest In Peace.