1.0The Allen Ginsberg Projecthttps://allenginsberg.orgS Phttps://allenginsberg.org/author/simon-pettet/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Skl31xGwYV"><a href="https://allenginsberg.org/2019/11/sat-nov-9-robert-frank-and-the-stone-of-kindness/">Robert Frank and “The Stone of Kindness”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://allenginsberg.org/2019/11/sat-nov-9-robert-frank-and-the-stone-of-kindness/embed/#?secret=Skl31xGwYV" width="600" height="338" title="“Robert Frank and “The Stone of Kindness”” — The Allen Ginsberg Project" data-secret="Skl31xGwYV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://allenginsberg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-31-at-12.50.02-PM.png596599Today would have been the 95th birthday of Robert Frank, the great American photographer and filmmaker and Allen’s dear friend, who passed away this past September. Much heralded, much missed. In memory of him, we feature today this extraordinary account by our good friend Ethan Neville, who met up with him, fortuitously and serendipitously, shortly […]