Concise Bibliography

 

            POETRY BOOKS

Wait Till I’m Dead: Uncollected Poems ed Bill Morgan. Grove Press, 2016

The Essential Ginsberg ed. Michael Schumacher, Harper Perennial, 2015

Howl Illustrated by Eric Drooker, Harper Perennial, 2010

Collected Poems 1947-1997 Harper Collins 2006

Illuminated Poems Illustrated by Eric Drooker, Thunder’s Mouth NYC 2006

The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems 1937-1952.  Ed Bill Morgan, 2006

Howl Annotated w/facsimile manuscript.  Harper Perennial (Paperback), NYC, 2006

Death & Fame: Poems 1993-1997 Harper Collins, NYC 1999

Selected Poems 1947-1995 Harper Collins, NYC, 1996

Cosmopolitan Greetings Poems 1986-1993. HarperCollins, NYC, 1994

White Shroud Poems 1980-1985.  Harper & Row, NYC, 1986.

Collected Poems 1947-1980.  Harper/Collins, NYC, 1984.

Plutonian Ode, Poems 1977-1980. City Lights Books, SF, 1982.

Mind Breaths, Poems 1971-76.  City Lights Books, SF, 1978.

Iron Horse.  Coach House Press, Toronto/City Lights Books, SF, 1974.

The Fall of America, Poems of These States. City Lights Books, SF, 1973.

Planet News. City Lights Books, SF, 1968.

Reality Sandwiches. City Lights Books, SF, 1963.

Kaddish and Other Poems. City Lights Books, SF, 1961.

Howl  and Other Poems.  City Lights Books, SF, 1956.

 

            PROSE BOOKS

Fall of America Journals: 1965-1971 ed Michael Schumacher, UMinn Press, 2018

South America Journals 1960 ed Michael Schumacher, UMinn Press, 2019

Iron Curtain Journals: 1965 ed Michael Schumacher, UMinn Press, 2018

First Thought:  Conversations with Allen Ginsberg ed Mike Schumacher, University of Minnesota, 2017

Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats Ed bill Morgan, Grove Press 2017

The Letters of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg ed Bill Morgan & David Stanford. Forthcoming.  Penguin 2010.

The Letters of Allen Ginsberg –ed. Bill Morgan. DaCapo Press. 2007

The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg & Gary Snyder ed. Bill Morgan. Counterpoint 2007

The Book of Martyrdom & Artifice – First Journals and Poems 1937-1952 – ed. Juanita Lieberman –  
            Plimpton & Bill Morgan. DaCapo Press 2006

The Yage Letters. (with William Burroughs), City Lights Books, SF, 1963, 2006

Selected Interviews ed David Carter, Harper Collins, NYC 2001

Family Business: Selected Letters Between A Father & Son  ed. Michael Schumacher. Bloomsbury 2001

Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays 1959-1995  ed. Bill Morgan,  Harper Collins, NYC 2000

Indian Journals. Grove Press, NYC, 1996

Journals Mid-Fifties. HarperCollins, NYC, 1995

Journals Early Fifties Early Sixties. Ed. G. Ball, Grove Press, NY, 1977, 1993

Composed on the Tongue. (Literary Conversations, 1967-1977). Grey Fox Press, Bolinas, 1980.

Chicago Trial Testimony. City Lights Trashcan of History Series #1, SF, 1975.

The Visions of the Great Rememberer Epilogue to Kerouac’s Visions of Cody, Penguin, NY, 1993.

 

            PHOTOGRAPH BOOKS & CATALOGUES

Allen Ginsberg Fotografier 1947-87.  Forlaget Klim, Arhus, Denmark  1987, 2021

Floating Moments, Floating Worlds, and the Beat Generation: The Photography of Allen Ginsberg,

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library Tornoto, 2018

Beat Memories:  The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg The National Gallery of Art/Del Monico-Prestel 2010

Beat & Pieces Photology, ed. Davide Faccioli. Essay by Fernanda Pivano, Milan 2005.

Allen Ginsberg 108 Images. Fred Hoffman Fine Art, Santa Monica, 1995

Snapshot Poetics. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1993

Allen Ginsberg Photographs. Twelvetrees Press 1991.

Reality Sandwiches: Fotografien.  Nishen, Berlin, West Germany 1989.

Allen Ginsberg Fotografier 1947-87.  Forlaget Klim, Arhus, Denmark  1987.

Allen Ginsberg & Robert Frank.  Galerie Watari, Tokyo, Japan  April 1985

 

            ANTHOLOGIES, INTERVIEWS, ESSAYS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, PHOTO CAHIERS

Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg By Pat Thomas, PowerHouse, 2023

A Blue Hand: The Beats In India – Deborah Baker Ghosh. Penguin 2008

I Celebrate Myself – The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg– Bill Morgan, Penguin 2007

The Works of Allen Ginsberg, 1941-1994 A Descriptive Bibliography. Bill Morgan, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1995

Dharma Lion: A Critical Biography of Allen Ginsberg. Michael Schumacher, St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1992

The Portable Beat Reader, Ed. Ann Charters, Viking Portable Library, NY, 1992.

Allen  Ginsberg: A Biography, by Barry Miles. Simon and Schuster, NY 1989

 

             CD’s  &  PHONOGRAPH RECORDS

The Fall of America A Musical Tribute Vol II Miho Hatori, Anne Waldman, Ai Weiwei, Philip Glass, WHY? Seb Taylor, Fennesz & Taylor Deupree, Oliver Ray & No Land, Devendra Banhart, Jack Dangers, Kai Campos, CJ MIrra, Thurston Moore, Saul Williams

The Fall of America A Musical Tribute Bill Frisell, Mickey Hart, Angelique Kidjo, Andrew Bird, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Shintaro Sakamoto, Scanner Ginsberg Recordings 005, 2021

Howl At Reed College: The First Recorded Reading Of Howl & Other Poems Omnivore Records 2020

Songs of Innocence and Experience: William Blake Tuned by Allen Ginsberg. Expanded reissue Omnivore Records 2017

Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish – 20th Century American Ecstatic Narrative Poem (Limited Red Vinyl       Edition) Real Gone Music, 2017

Last Word on First Blues expanded reissue of FIRST BLUES Omnivore Records, 2016

Ballad of the Lights: Arthur Russell and the Flying Hearts feat. Allen Ginsberg. Audika Records 2010

Allen Ginsberg Live at the Knitting Factory  6 track mini cd only available with Ginsberg Figurine, Presspop Tokyo 2010

First Blues: Songs:  Produced by John Hammond 1975-81, double album, John Hammond Records, N.Y.  1983. Distributed by Columbia Records. (o.p.). Re-issued 2006 Water Music

Kaddish. Atlantic Verbum Series 4001, NY, 1966 (o.p.) Re-issued 2006 Water Music

The Allen Ginsberg Audio Collection. Harper Audio/Caedmon Collection. 3 CD set. 2004

The Voice of the Poet – Random House Audio 2004

Wichita Vortex Sutra Live at St Mark’s Church. Prd Hal Willner feat. Lenny Kaye, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Lenny Pickett, Philip Glass et al.  Artemis Records 2004

Howl & Other Poems  Fantasy Records, 1998

Jack Kerouac Mexico City Blues 242 Poems read by Allen Ginsberg; Shambhala Pubs Audio, Boston, MA 1996

The Ballad of the Skeletons w/Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Produced by Lenny Kaye, Mouth  Almighty/Mercury, 1996

Howl, U.S.A.  Lee Hyla score, Kronos Quartet, Nonesuch, 1996

The Lion For Real: Produced by Hal Willner, Mouth Almighty/Mercury, 1989, 1996

Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems & Songs 1949 -1993. Four CD set, produced by Hal Willner, Rhino  Records; 1994

Hydrogen Jukebox,  music by Philip Glass, libretto by Allen Ginsberg, Elektra Nonesuch  #9 79286-2,  1993.

Cosmopolitan Greetings Jazzy Opera, Music by George Gruntz, words by Allen Ginsberg, 2 CD’s Migros- Genossenschafts-Bund Muzikscene Schweitz MG BCD9203, Postfach 266 CH-8031 Zürich,  Switzerland, 1993

Howls, Raps & Roars: Recordings From The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, includes “Howl and Other  Poems”,  Fantasy Records, 1993 4FCD-4410-2. In Print

Made in Texas, two songs (Airplane Blues & Blake’s Nurses Song) c/o Michael Minzer, Paris Records, 7010 Desco Sq., Dallas, TX 75225, 1986.  In Print.

Birdbrain, with the Gluons, 33 E.P. single, 1981, Wax Trax, 638 E. 13 Ave., Denver, CO  80203  (o.p.).

First Blues, A.G. on Harmonium, Recorded by Harry Smith, edited A. & S. Charters, Folkways Record FSS 37560, NY, 1981.  In Print c/o Smithsonian Institute, 955 l’Enfant Plaza, Washington D.C.  20560; Cassette order department: 301-443-2314 fax: 443-1819

Giorno Poetry Systems (G.P.S. 008-9, 016-7, 018-19) 1975-80, G.P.S. Institute 222 Bowery, NY, 10012.   Some are in print — send for catalogue.

Gate, 2 evenings with Allen Ginsberg, The Loft, 1001 Stereo, Munich, 1980. Distributed 2001, Frankfurt;  by City Lights in USA. (o.p.)

Wm. Blake’s Songs of Innocence & of Experience Tuned by A.G.  MGM Records, NY, 1970 FTS 3083 (o.p.)

Howl and other Poems.  Fantasy-Galaxy Records, #7013, 1959.  2600 10th St Berkeley CA 94710.  In  Print (a  few left)  c/o Al Bendich.

Hobo Blues Band, (Hungarian production).  Budapest

Naropa Institute Tape Archive —   20 Naropa Poetry  Readings, including performances with music from  1974 – 1988.  Send for catalogue:  2130 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder CO 80302.

 

PHOTO EXHIBITION

Tibor De Nagy, New York, Sep-Oct, 1999

Tibor De Nagy, New York, Sep-Oct., 1998

Tibor De Nagy, New York, Sep-Oct, 1997

Tibor De Nagy, New York, Sep-Oct, 1996

Gallerie Seno, Milano Italy, April -June 1996

National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, January-June 1996 (group show)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1995-February 1996(group show)

Zitelle Guidecca, Venice, Italy (with Hiro Yamagata) June -September, 1995

HarperCollins Exhibition Space, New York, May 1995

McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Blind Spot, Dallas, March 1995 (group show)

Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, May -June, 1994 (group show)

Boulder Arts Center, Boulder, June-August, 1994

FNAC Galleries, Liège, Nancy, Orleans, Lille, Montpellier, Lyon, Grenoble, Toulouse, Mulhouse, Paris rue de        Rennes, Bordeaux, Strasbourg & Paris Montparnasse, France; 1990-95

Alfred Kren Gallery, Cologne (with R. Rauschenberg); April 1992

Canon Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; January 1992

Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio; September-October 1991

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California; August-September 1991

Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts; August 1991

Brent Sikkema Fine Art, New York; March-April 1991

Fahey /Klein, New York, New York; November 1990 (group show)

Zelda Cheatle, London, England; November 1990 (group show)

Casa Sin Nombre, (with William S Burroughs) Santa Fe, New Mexico; July 1990

Municipal Gallery, Erlanger, Germany; June 1990

Forum Der Kammerspiele Theater, East Berlin, Germany; April l990

Fotofest ’90, Houston, Texas; February 1990

Pace MacGill, New York, New York; January 1990 (group show)

Scala Theater. Ludwigsburg, Germany; November-December 1989

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California; November 1989

Galerie Faber, Wien, Austria; September-October 1989

Kampnagel Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany; August-September 1989

Catherine Edleman Gallery, (with Annie Leibovitz) Chicago, Illinois; July 1989

Forum Bottcherstrasse, Bremen, Germany; May-June 1989

Stadttheater, Tübingen, Germany; December 1988

Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York;  December 1988 (group show)

Jack Tilton Gallery,  New York, New York; November 1988 (group show)

Vision Gallery, Boston Massachusetts; October 1988

Whistler House Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts; June-August 1988

MaLa Gallery, Warsaw, Poland; May 1988

Society of Art Photgraphers, Krakow, Poland;  March-April 1988

Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts;  March 1988

Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel;  January 1988

Image Gallery, Denmark, Northern Europe, Poland;  Fall 1987

Musee du Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec;  October 1987 (group show)

Kellas Gallery, Lawence, Kansas;  September 1987

Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado; July 1987

Galerie Watari, Tokyo, Japan;  April 1987

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas;  January 1987

Books & Books, Coral Gables, Florida;  January 1987

Forum Stantpark, Graz, Austria;  October 1986 (group show)

Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D. C.;  April 1985

New York Public Library, “New Acquisitions: Photographs”, New York City;

            February 1985 (group show)

Holly Solomon Gallery, New York City;  January 1985

 

          FILMS/VIDEOS 

Howl  directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman 2010 biopic staring James Franco, John Hamm, Bob Balaban  Werk Work Works / Oscilloscope

The Source  — Chuck Workman, 1999.  Calliope Films; Beat Documentary incl.: Corso, Ginsberg, Sanders et al.

No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For – Colin Still, 1997. Channel 4 Television, London/ Optic Nerve Films 181 856 2642; fax 181 319 8901

A Poet on the Lower East Side – Gyula Gazdag, 1997  AG  with Istvan Eorsi & friends walking the Village telling stories: Contact ggazdag@Eemelnitz.ucla.edu

The Ballad of the Skeletons  –  Music video,  directed by Gus Van Sant, Mouth Almighty/Mercury, 1996

The Life  and Times of Allen Ginsberg  – produced by Jerry Aronson 1993, First Run Features, 153 Waverly Place,  New York, NY 10014; tel: 243-0600/fax: 212-989-7649

Paul Bowls: The Complete Outsider –  Produced & Dir. Catherine Warnow & Regina Weinreich, 1993;  First Run  Features, 153 Waverly Pl New York, NY 10014;  [Appearances]

Evening with Allen Ginsberg  – (with Don Was, bass acc.) Lannan Foundation, 5401 McConnell Ave.,  L.A., CA 90066, 1990.  Good performance video, some conversation.

Growing up in America.  Cinephile, Ltd.  508 Queen Street West, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2B3 Phone (416)-368-7499  Directed by Morley Markson 1988. [Small interview].

It was 20 Years Ago Today, Allen discusses Sgt Peppers Lonely track by track;  Granada Television, 1987. 

It Don’t pay to be an Honest Citizen. 78 min. color copyright 1984 Object Productions/Jacob Burckhardt 201 E. 4th Street NYC 10009. [Bit part].

Voices & Visions. Series on Modern American Poetry in 13 one-hour segments,  Jan. 1988 PBS broadcast.   Allen Ginsberg appears in the segments on Whitman and W.C. Williams. Available in video  cassette and 16 mm film through N.Y. Ctr. for Visual History, 625 Broadway, NYC  10012, 212-777-6900. [Comment on W. C.W.]

Beat Generation. Renaissance Motion Pictures, 23 W. 73rd St. suite #101 NYC NY 10023. 212-496 0088. Produced by Janet Forman, 1987. [Appearances.]

What Happened to Kerouac.  96-minute, 1985. Directed by Richard Lerner & Lewis MacAdams, a Richard  Lerner Production,  New Yorker Films, 16 W. 61st St., NYC, 10023, 212-247-6110. [Appearances.]

Father Death Blues. Part of “Don’t Grow Old,” for the Manhattan Video Project, Out There Productions,Inc., 156 W. 27th st., Ste. 5-W, NYC, NY 10001, 1984. [4 minute music poetry video].

Burroughs  The Movie. Directed by Howard Brookner, produced by Howard Brookner and Alan Yentob. Giorno Video Pak 2, VHS GPS 034. (c) 1983 Citifilmsworks,(c) (p) 1985 Giorno Poetry Systems Institute Inc., 222 Bowery, NYC 10012. [Appearances.].

Writers In Conversation #16, Allen Ginsberg with R.D. Laing, ICA Video, London, 1985, Dist. Roland  Collection, 3120 Pawtucket Rd. Northbrook, Il, 60602 [Performance.].

Allan ‘N’ Allen’s Complaint. 30-minute color video, Nam June Paik & Shigeko Kubota. Appeared at 1983  Whitney Museum Biennial.  Dist. by Send Video Arts, 1250 17th St., San Francisco, CA  94110. [Interesting feature.].

Poetry in Motion. 87 minutes, produced and directed by Ron Mann, 1982. Sphinx Productions in association w/Giorno Poetry Systems, 222 Bowery, NYC. Distributed by Giorno Poetry Systems.  Includes “Bird Brain,” “Do the Meditation,” Capital Air” and an interview with Ginsberg. [Bit part, not good].

The Living Tradition: Ginsberg on Whitman.  Full Color Sound Filmstrip with addit. cassette and Teacher’s Guide. Jr. High-Jr. Coll.  CE392 (The Liv. Tradition–2 cassettes.) Single cassette: (Ginsberg Reads Whitman.) Dist: Centre Productions Inc, 1312 Pine, Suite A, Boulder, Colorado, 80302.

Fried Shoes, Cooked Diamonds.  With Corso, Burroughs, Leary, Orlovsky, Anne Waldman. Dir.  Costanzo Allione. Dist. Mystic Fire Video, 24 Horatio St. #3, N.Y. 10014.

Renaldo & Clara. 2 & 4 hr. versions, 1977. Dir. Bob Dylan, Rolling Thunder Review stars. Distributed by Circuit Films, 910 Hennepin, Mpls MN.  55403. (o.p.) [4th Lead Role]

Me & My Brother.  Dir. Robert Frank with Orlovsky Brothers, Joe Chaikin, NY, 1966 Distributed as below.

Pull My Daisy. Dir. Robert Frank & A. Leslie, Narrated by Jack Kerouac with  G. Corso, P. Orlovsky, L.  Rivers and D.  Amram. NY, 1958. Dist. Houston Museum of Art