Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews, 1958-1996 - Rilegato

Ginsberg, Allen; Carter, David

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ISBN 10: 0060192933 ISBN 13: 9780060192938

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2001

Riassunto

In a series of lively interviews and reminiscences, the acclaimed poet speaks out candidly on his poetry, his literary influences, drug experimentation, his homosexuality, his sexual affair with fellow Beat Jack Kerouac, and his longtime relationship with Peter Orlovsky. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Readers of this collection may find that they are no longer the same after having encountered [Ginsberg] in its pages." (New York Times Book Review)

"A valuable and extensive collection, intelligently edited." (Kirkus (Starred Review))

"Spontaneous Mind brings readers closer to Ginsberg the man ... both compelling and entertaining to read." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

" [A] comprehensive, essential volume ..[the] interviews are like keys to the many rooms of [Ginsberg's] expansive consciousness." (Michael Schumacher, author of Dharma Lion)

"SPONTANEOUS MIND is an uncensored perspective on Allen Ginsberg's life, work and the events of his time." (Charleston Post & Courier)

"Ginsberg's verbal dexterity is such that he never gets hemmed in by people who would rather have him easily pegged." (Creative Loafing)

L'autore:

Allen Ginsberg was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters as well as a winner of the National Book Award for Poetry. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1926, and died in New York City in 1997.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060192933
• ISBN 13: 9780060192938
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 624