Читала на русском. Дальше спойлеры:Можно конечно спросить: «А почему вы вообще пробовали наркотики? Почему вы продолжали употреблять их достаточно долго для того, чтобы стать наркоманом?» К наркотикам привыкаешь, потому что в других сферах деятельности нет особо сильных желаний, привязок, стимулов, ...
The history of this is interesting but the content was not. Between the dedication and intro I was already ready to toss this book. So much white male privilege. Gag.
Jakiś czas temu zaczęłam się zastanawiać nad wyglądem tego bloga. Niby wszystko jest dobrze. Recenzje pojawiają się najwyżej tydzień po przeczytaniu danej książki, bywam tu w miarę regularnie. Jednak dotarło do mnie, że długość tych recenzji jest odstraszająca. Zmianę chciałam wprowadzić z myślą o t...
138 pages of Ginsberg the traveler, Ginsberg the political malcontent, Ginsberg the drug-induced rambler. The two longest pieces are "Television Was A Baby Crawling Toward That Deathchamber" (18 pages) and "Wichita Vortex Sutra" (23 pages). 39 other poems. There is much here that left me unimpres...
It really comes down to your opinion of the title piece. If you think it's great, the other poems won't matter. But if you don't like it, the other poems won't make up for it.Of the 124 pages, 30 are "Kaddish' and another 30 are the two essays about it. "Laughing Gas" checks in at 17 pages. The othe...
In an earlier review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/933507873?book_show_action=false where I provide a bit of the backstory of Korean poet Ko Un (b. 1933), I mention that he was a Son (Zen) monk for a decade but left the church deeply disappointed. His disappointment was directed at the ...
AcknowledgementsApologia of SelectionI. Empty Mirror: Gates of Wrath (1947-1952)--In Society--The Bricklayer's Lunch Hour--The Trembling of the Veil--A Western Ballad--Pull My Daisy--The Shrouded Stranger--Fyodor--Metaphysics--Paterson--The Archetype Poem--Marijuana Notation--A Crazy SpiritualII. Th...
AcknowledgementsApologia of SelectionI. Empty Mirror: Gates of Wrath (1947-1952)--In Society--The Bricklayer's Lunch Hour--The Trembling of the Veil--A Western Ballad--Pull My Daisy--The Shrouded Stranger--Fyodor--Metaphysics--Paterson--The Archetype Poem--Marijuana Notation--A Crazy SpiritualII. Th...
[a:Allen Ginsberg|4261|Allen Ginsberg|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1206649831p2/4261.jpg] is part of the Beat Poet Generation, a famous group of vagabond writers that had [a:Jack Kerouac|1742|Jack Kerouac|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1287257192p2/1742.jpg] as prosaic flagbearer. You know, the gu...
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