The Letters of Allen Ginsberg
by Allen Ginsberg
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Author: Allen GinsbergEditor: Bill Morgan
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-02
ISBN: 0306814633
Number of pages: 468
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: Another Insight of Allen Ginsberg
Summary: 5 Stars
Is the art of letter writing obsolete? Has the computer overtaken this longstanding form of communication that gives all writers their emotional and comfortable voice?
I read THE LETTERS OF ALLEN GINSBERG, edited by Bill Morgan, which proves the case for the importance and collection of such discourse, letter writing. Morgan has again compiled a masterpiece of Ginsberg's work to equal his brilliant biography, I CELEBRATE MYSELF: THE SOMEWHAT PRIVATE LIFE OF ALLEN GINSBERG with his latest collection of 165 letters selected from more than 3700 letters in a "greatest hits album" as Bill Morgan calls it. Morgan has selected correspondence of Ginsberg with such notables as : Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Lionel Trilling, Arthur Miller, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and many more on a huge variety of political and social issues.
I found every letter in the book very interesting. One that intrigued me was the correspondence on 10/04/1962 between Ginsberg and Bertrand Russell, the Nobel Prize Lauereate who stated that nuclear destruction of the planet was inevitable. Ginsberg became very concerned and replied in a letter about the end of existence. He said in one point of his letter, " All I know is, I've lived in the midst of apparent wordly events and apparent transcendental insights, and it all adds up to I don't know what. I hardly trust any appearance anymore, statistical or intuitive. I'd rather drift and see. "
I think Ginsberg's philosophy was just that, a drifting observation of the world events around him. He truly was a literary genius of the twentieth century, and I congratulate Bill Morgan for another masterwork on Allen Ginsberg. If ten stars were available to obtain for a superb collection of letters, this book would easily meet that expectation.
Summary of The Letters of Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was one of twentieth-century literature?s most prolific letter-writers. This definitive volume showcases his correspondence with some of the most original and interesting artists of his time, including Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Neal Cassady, Lionel Trilling, Charles Olson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Whalen, Peter Orlovsky, Philip Glass, Arthur Miller, Ken Kesey, and hundreds of others.
Through his letter writing, Ginsberg coordinated the efforts of his literary circle and kept everyone informed about what everyone else was doing. He also preached the gospel of the Beat movement by addressing political and social issues in countless letters to publishers, editors, and the news media, devising an entirely new way to educate readers and disseminate information. Drawing from numerous sources, this collection is both a riveting life in letters and an intimate guide to understanding an entire creative generation.
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