Allen Ginsberg

"Affection is the most important thing. And the quality of affection - with your friends, your lovers, your family. But particularly for your own generation."

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Source: Allen Ginsberg (2007). “Journals: Early Fifties, Early Sixties”, p.110, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Poet, Activist

Allen Ginsberg was a pivotal American poet known for his role in the Beat Generation and his influential work 'Howl', which challenged societal norms.

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