Memories of Allen, Ginsberg encounters - here's Greg Tozian's memories of 1983 (including his Tampa Tribune article).
Antler, Jeff Poniewaz, David Carter and Michael Schumacher will be gathering together to discuss Allen's life and work at the annual Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books tomorrow evening (July 16).
Here's a bizarre thing - Allen's "Howl" analyzed from a Jewish-Christian perspective!
From the "Comments" box in the EV Grieve (our favorite "local" (New York City) blog):
"Allen Ginsberg's favorite restaurant is now a Starbucks [Starbucks coffee chain]. Is there a more painfully symbolic example of all that is wrong with the world in 2012".
For more on that story, see here
- Grieve, indeed - homogenized urban gentrification.
Meanwhile on the West Coast..
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's art is about to be featured in a major exhibition at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, opening on June 23rd, "Cross Pollination - The Art of Lawrence Ferlinghetti". For more details and some of the images, see here.
His work is also included (currently) in the show, "The Painted Word" at San Francisco's poet-friendly Meridian Gallery. Also included there are works by Michael McClure, William Burroughs, Kenneth Rexroth and Robert Duncan (amongst others). That exhibition has been extended from its original dates, through to July 14.
Paul Iorio has posted an illustrated Jack Kerouac walking tour of San Francisco (take a look)
Speaking of Kerouac, you can dress just like him, apparently, for a "mere" $1,200! - No comment.
