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Barbara Rubin

Filmmaker Barbara Rubin, London, May 1965.  Rubin happened to be in London filming when Allen arrived freshly ejected from Czechoslovakia. Rubin was instrumental in securing the Royal Albert Hall for what became known as the Wholy Comunion: a hugely successful poetry reading on June 11,  attracting  a crowd of 6000, and a list of readers including Gregory Corso, Harry Fainlight, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and more. c. Allen Ginsberg Estate. licensing >>

“The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we carry is love”


— Song

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