Gasoline & The Vestal Lady on Brattle
by:
Gregory Corso (author)
Gregory Corso was born on March 26, 1930 in New York City. His first book of poetry was published by City Lights Press in 1955.
Gregory Corso was born on March 26, 1930 in New York City. His first book of poetry was published by City Lights Press in 1955.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780872860889 (0872860884)
Publish date: January 1st 2001
Publisher: City Lights
Pages no: 99
Edition language: English
The back cover features praise from Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Kerouac. Ginsberg wrote the Introduction, which concludes thusly: "He's probably the greatest poet in America, and he's starving in Europe." "D. Scarlatti" and "Birthplace Revisited" stand out from the first section (Gasoline). In the Mexi...
I'm not going to wax poetic about this book, but I enjoyed it. It had a bizarro aspect to it that I enjoyed. Mexicans sure were mentioned a lot. I guess Corso likes Mexicans....Wait, I think Corso is a Hispanic name. That might explain it.
I'm not going to wax poetic about this book, but I enjoyed it. It had a bizarro aspect to it that I enjoyed. Mexicans sure were mentioned a lot. I guess Corso likes Mexicans....Wait, I think Corso is a Hispanic name. That might explain it.