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Ginsberg, AllenAllen Ginsberg class, Literary history of the Beat generation, the 50's, part 2, March, 1981. (March 26, 1981)

Allen Ginsberg class on Beat literary history of the 1950's, discussing William S. Burroughs's book Junky and his first meeting with Herman Hunke. Ginsbergs discusses passages from the book, including teaheads (page 17), informers (page 47), fags (page 72), the Rio Grande Valley (page 105) and interzone prototypes (page 111). Part 2 of a 20 part series.


This audio is part of the collection: Naropa Poetics Audio Archives

Author: Ginsberg, Allen
Date: 1981-03-26 00:00:00
Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

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Reviewer: boxen - - April 24, 2008
Subject: good readings
Ginsberg reads extensively from "Junky" here - this one is lots of fun.

Reviewer: Blank - - December 31, 2004
Subject: 20 highlights of WSB
0: correcting handouts.
Burrough's first take on Huncke (junky p.5)
-second impression of Huncke
-First hit of Junk
-Getting junk from Docs
-themes of WSB, drug habit, bureacracy, virus-host relationships, human sex
-finks

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