Editor -- Steve Silberman's review of Bill Morgan's new Allen Ginsberg biography, "I Celebrate Myself" (Nov. 5), showed a deep appreciation for the many ways Ginsberg positively changed the world of ...

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that ...

This April, Omnivore Recordings will release a recording of Allen Ginsberg reading his epic poem "Howl" at Portland's Reed College—the earliest known to exist. For five decades, it was believed that ...

Beat superstar Allen Ginsberg (1926—1997) would have been 95 years old on June 3. To celebrate, we’re republishing Paul Krassner’s piece from the March, 2007 issue of High Times. Although the ...

In September, 1965, the poet Allen Ginsberg had a series of vivid, sweaty dreams about literary celebrity. Accompanied by his fellow-poet Gary Snyder and a young woman named Martine Algier, Ginsberg ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Peter Orlovsky, longtime partner of Allen Ginsberg and a poet in his own ...

James Franco plays famed poet Allen Ginsberg in the biopic "Howl," which shows at 8 p.m. Friday at Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy St. SE. The film is part of monthly ...

Lewis MacAdams' new CD, "Dear Oxygen," will be released in December. He is at work on a biography of Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine. Thunder’s Mouth Press: 142 pp., $19.95 paper THE ...

As I listen to this two-CD recording by the late Allen Ginsberg, I cannot help thinking about Dick Cheney. The American vice president might just be the exact polar opposite of Allen Ginsberg, kind of ...

Harry Smith lived many lives. “Cosmic Scholar,” a new biography, details his earthly ones. By Dwight Garner I was in college and found myself organizing a gay rights protest before I fully understood ...