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Judith Malina - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Ten years ago today. Ten years since the passing of the committed anarchist and pacifist, theatrical visionary, Judith Malina. Check out our posting on that occasion – here and here’s more video of Malina From 2010 (interviewed by Harold Channer): From 2012 (interviewed by John Bredin): A symposium on her took[…]The post Judith Malina appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story

Jerry Brown · San Francisco

Jerry Brown - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Jerry Brown, and Jerry Brown and Allen Ginsberg, at City Lights, August 1993 – photo(s) by Allen Ginsberg (c) The Estate of Allen Ginsberg Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (“Jerry Brown“), lawyer, author, politician, two times Governor of California (from 1975-1983 and from 2011-2019), sometime Presidential hopeful, might at first glance seem an[…]The post Jerry Brown appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story

Saint Petersburg, Russia · Saint Petersburg

Ginsberg in Russian - 2 - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Notification yesterday of the new book from Komplekt/Podpisnie in St Petersburg the dual-language Russian edition of Howl, Kaddish & Other Poems, deftly translated by Dmitry Manin and with an introduction and commentary by Dmitry Khaustov) and with the magnificent addition of some illustrations by Nikita Zatvornik. We thought to feature just a[…]The post Ginsberg in Russian – 2 appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story

Saint Petersburg, Russia · Saint Petersburg

Ginsberg in Russian - The Allen Ginsberg Project

cover drawing(s) and “Howl” and “Kaddish” – extracts from drawings by Nikita Zatvornik The dual-language Russian edition of Howl, Kaddish & Other Poems (we first reported on its initial Russian publication – here) sure is one delightful presentation. The new book, from publishers Komplekt/Podpisnie in St Petersburg, deftly translated by Dmitry Manin[…]The post Ginsberg in Russian appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story

Oxford, Mississippi · Oxford

David Stephen Calonne's Literary Conversations - The Allen Ginsberg Project

The University of Mississippi Press has an interesting series – the Literary Conversations series, gatherings of interviews. The series now boasts over two hundred titles. Among them four of them, all edited by David Stephen Calonne, the most recent, Conversations with Michael McClure (“twenty interviews from 1969 to 2015”), came out in[…]The post David Stephen Calonne’s Literary Conversations appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story

New York State · New York

Anne Waldman - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Anne Waldman, New York City, 1996 Anne Waldman, Boulder, 1987 Anne Waldman, Boulder, 1988 Anne Waldman, Boulder, 1989 Anne Waldman, Boulder, 1990 Anne Waldman, New York City, 1986 Anne Waldman, Boulder, 1988 Anne Waldman‘s birthday tomorrow. By way of preview, we thought to present you with a little photo-portfolio. Allen as photographer,[…]The post Anne Waldman appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story

Joan Vollmer ("Ordinary Stupid People") - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Photograph(s) by Ben Schot for Sea Urchin Editions A belated note today for another important book from Moloko Press. We’ve already enthused about Oliver Harris‘ titles, (notably One Shot Mystery), but the press has produced (and is continuing to produce) many others – We’re presented with a wide-ranging and impressive list –[…]The post Joan Vollmer (“Ordinary Stupid People”) appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story

New York State · New York

Carl Solomon - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Carl Solomon and Allen Ginsberg at the West End bar, New York City, 1978. photo. c. Michael Uffer Carl Solomon (1928-1993) – photo: Allen Ginsberg We’ve drawn a lot, of late, from Barry Miles’ memoirs – see here and here and here, but thought to quote from that text perhaps one last[…]The post Carl Solomon appeared first on The Allen Ginsberg Project.See the Story