Contributor
Calonne, David Stephen, 1953- editor.
ImprintJackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Imprint2019
Descriptionxxxvi, 199 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction -- Chronology -- Meeting Allen Ginsberg / R. Parthasarathy (1962) -- Conversations with / David Widgery (1965) -- Ginsberg [parts one and two] / William d. Knief (1966) -- A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami and Allen Ginsberg: a conversation / A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (1968) -- Allen Ginsberg on everything / John Bryan (1968) -- An interview with Allen Ginsberg / Robert Head (1970) -- Louis and Allen / Michael Scharfman, Howard Mandel, and Sam Hemingway (1970) -- An interview with Allen Ginsberg / Harry J. Cargas (1974) -- Allen Ginsberg / Lauren Jones, Barbara Weinberg, and David Fenton (1974) -- Allen Ginsberg: interview / Michael Andre (1975) -- Interview with Allen Ginsberg / Alan Twigg (1978) -- Allen Ginsberg: an interview / Connie Goldman (1982) -- Red Bass interview: Allen Ginsberg / Jay Murphy and Mary Jane Ryals (1984) -- Catching up a bitter Buddhist: a conversation with Allen Ginsberg / Thomas Gladysz (1985) -- Politics, pederasty, and consciousness: interview / Robert F. Cunha Jr. (1986) -- Allen Ginsberg: an interview /Regina Weinrich (1987) -- A conversation: Ginsberg on Burroughs / Jeffrey Dunn (1987) -- A conversation with Allen Ginsberg / The Monthly Aspectarian (1990) -- Allen Ginsberg in India: an interview / Suranjan Ganguly (1993) -- Public heart: an interview with Allen Ginsberg / Jim Moore (1994) -- Allen Ginsberg interview / Harvey Kubernik (1996) -- Allen Ginsberg: the last Australian interview / Stuart Coupe (1997).
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was one of the most famous American poets of the twentieth century. Yet, his career is distinguished by not only his strong contributions to literature but also social justice. Conversations with Allen Ginsberg collects interviews from 1962 to 1997 that chart Ginsberg's intellectual, spiritual, and political evolution. Ginsberg's mother, Naomi, was afflicted by mental illness, and Ginsberg's childhood was marked by his difficult relationship with her; however, he also gained from her a sense of the necessity to fight against social injustice that would mark his political commitments. While a student at Columbia University, Ginsberg would meet Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Gregory Corso, and the Beat Generation was born. Ginsberg researched deeply the social issues he cared about, and this becomes clear with each interview. Ginsberg discusses all manner of topics including censorship laws, the legalization of marijuana, and gay rights. A particularly interesting aspect of the book is the inclusion of interviews that explore Ginsberg's interests in Buddhist philosophy and his intensive reading in a variety of spiritual traditions. Conversations with Allen Ginsberg also explores the poet's relationship with Bob Dylan and the Beatles, and the final interviews concentrate on his various musical projects involving the adapting of poems by William Blake as well as settings of his own poetry. This is an essential collection for all those interested in Beat literature and twentieth-century American culture."--Provided by publisher.
