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Allen Verbatim: Lectures on Poetry, Politics, Consciousness
Allen Verbatim Lectures on Poetry Politics Consciousness Author:Allen Ginsberg, Gordon Hall (Editor) This book came into being during the spring of 1971 in a series of "Cross-country Exchanges, Talks, Lectures, Rhapsodies" by Allen Ginsberg with "Fellow Poets, Students, Scholars, Sadhus." In most of them Ginsberg speaks directly to those in school -- students and teachers at Kent State, Wisconsin State, the universities of W... more »yoming and California, part of the vast constituency of the young who see in him the embodiment of the escape from "the prison of conditioning." His wisdom is vast, his anger is tempered by humor, his serenity is remarkable. His subjects are poetry and politics, and the place in the individual consciousness where both of them meet.
... Prophet and conscience as well as poet, Ginsberg has always played and active part in the history of his own time, has never separated himself or his art from it. This book captures his unique and powerful presence.
Gordon Hall, a friend of Allen Ginsberg, accompanied him on his tour and taped and edited these lectures.« less