Allen Ginsberg

"Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does."

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Source: Quoted in Barry Miles Ginsberg (1989), ch.5.

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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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