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[San Francisco] City Lights Books [1961]
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"Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a long poem written about the madness and death of his mother, Naomi, is widely considered to be one his major works."--PUBLISHER.
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LibraryThing member danlai
I'm not sure I get the Beats. Kaddish is a great poem, though.
LibraryThing member AlbertHolmes
I actually liked this one better than Howl. The personal poems are more concrete. I also liked that the book had a narrative running throughout, starting with Ginsberg's ode to his late mother, running through his trip to France to visit famous cemeteries. Definitely captures a specific time in the
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1961