Allen Ginsberg

(1926-1997)

American poet and famous member of the Beat generation.


Author's life and works

Literature Online biography

Norton Explorations

The Paris Review Interview

“Wired for Books Interview”
Sound interview with Don Swaim (Real Player)

"An Interview With Poet Allen Ginsberg"
by Gloria G. Brame, 1996


Criticism

Extracts of critical views on “Howl” From Modern American Poetry


"Sunflower Sutra"
Ginsberg reads “Sunflower Sutra” from Poets.org


Various poems

Some poems from Modern American Poetry

Complete text of "A Poem on America" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "On Burroughs' Work" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "Howl"

Complete text of "A Strange New Cottage in Berkeley" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "A Supermarket in California" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "Sunflower Sutra" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "Transcription of Organ Music" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "America" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "Kaddish" from Collected Poems: 1947-1980, 1984

Complete text of "Ego Confession" from Chicago Review, (Univ. of Chicago) (42:3-4) [1996:3-4] , p.185-187.


Links

Allen Ginsberg at Literature Online

Beat texts
from LitKicks by Levi Asher