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Books

Harold Chapman, Beats à Paris: Paris und die Dichter der Beatgeneration 1957–1963

OMC Gallery Dusseldorf/Huntington Beach and Michael Kellner teamed up to finally get this book in print. These images hitherto were only available in a small paperback circulating in the early '80s. This is one of the only visual documentations of the 'Beat Hotel' days, when Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Peter Orlovsky, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and many more lodged at this tiny rooming house in Paris' Left Bank. German text with English translation insert. [more...]
$30.00
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CDs

Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish: A 20th Century American Ecstatic Narrative Poem/CD

At long last Ginsberg's 1964 Brandeis University Kaddish reading, originally released on Atlantic Records, is now available on CD. 'Written in one one-stop 40-hour marathon session fueled by dexedrine, LSD and coffee, "Kaddish" stands as an epic testament to Ginsberg's literary talent. Here is Ginsberg reading the work, available for the first time on CD. Includes new liner notes by Beat-era scholar Harvey Kubernik. [more...]
$11.00
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Elodie Lauten: Waking in New York, Portrait of Allen Ginsberg

This opera composed by Elodie Lauten, is based on a selection of poems about New York Allen gave to her back in 1996. After numerous performances, this work has finally come out on CD. [more...]
$15.00
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First Blues

This album first hit the shelves in 1983. Produced by John Hammond Sr, this was a double album including Bob Dylan, Arthur Russel, Peter Orlovsky, and many more. It was remaindered and shreded shortly after it's release because of a mixup at the record label. Runt LLC have reissued in it's entirety . [more...]
$21.00
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The Allen Ginsberg Audio Collection Caedmon Audio

Allen Ginsberg Live at Knitting Factory. A collection of more than three dozen poems in verse and song recorded live at the Knitting Factory, May 1995. Street date is Dec 3 2004. [more...]
$18.00
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Voice of the Poet

Random House has added Allen Ginsberg to its prestigious "Voice of the Poet" series. This CD features the poet reading 12 poems, including Howl, Plutonian Ode and lesser know ones as well. Comes with complete text. [more...]
$19.95
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T-Shirts

Planet News T-Shirt

T-shirts made for the Planet News Ginsberg Tribute event at Cathedral Church of St John the Divine, May 1998. The front image of snake eating its tail, is sketch by Allen. Back of shirt quotes "Memory Gardens" 'Well, while I'm here I'll/ do the work-/and what's the work?/to ease the pain of living./Everything else, drunken/dumbshow (Large only) [more...]
$15.00
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Queer Shoulder T-Shirt

Our friends at Datwonk made this t-shirt for the launch of this website back in 2002. Small image of Allen is from 1947 during his merchant marine training, and caption reads "America, I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel." (M, L & XL only) [more...]
$15.00
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While doing research for his biography on Gary Snyder, scholar John Suiter stumbled across this lost recording from a month before the official 'earliest known.' In his piece for Reed Magazine, Suiter draws up an analysis of the whole recording offering useful textual insights and comparisons to the final published text. Reed College have provided a stream of the entire reading on their site as well. [more...]

J. Koivisto writes “When did Allen first meet William S. Burroughs, and under what circumstances? ” Click here to read the response - or to ask your own question!

A growing online repository of Ginsbergiana, left behind by Allen for future exploration so that those wishing to research his life and work would have ample fodder for their own interpretive experience. Click here to jump into the library.

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Credits, kudos, random finger-pointing. [more...]