Publication
London Penguin 1987
ISBN
0140102892 / 9780140102895
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Description
A collection of the verse of one of America's great poets over three decades.
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User reviews
LibraryThing member magpie63841
Amazing! This volume covers Mr. Ginsberg's growth and development as a poet. It's nicely put together. I got to hear Mr. Ginsberg read his poetry in Norman, Oklahoma on March 4, 1993. He forgot his book to read from. A favorite professor of mine approached me and asked if Allen could borrow my copy
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of his book. So, my college paperback of Collected Poems says in the front "with thanks to Inga for loaning me this volume - Allen Ginsberg." Show Less
LibraryThing member dbsovereign
Ginsberg was where it was at for a long time. His spin helped us to look at our time from a unique perspective.
LibraryThing member ennuiprayer
I read this book off an on whenever I get the urge and need to learn more about the world. I'm not sure why I love it so much, but it's there upon my shelf. Normally I don't buy collections because I like to own smaller books (and I do mean normal size, not tiny easy to read books), but for this
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book, I needed for a class that I took. Show Less