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Allen Ginsberg

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Beat Generation poet whose work 'Howl' is extensively quoted in a post about industrial civilization and capitalist machinery symbolized by Moloch.

Mentions (8)
"My version of reading Just Kids was reading Donald Judd's collected essays, Robert Ryman's biography, or books about Allen Ginsberg and romanticizing the period between the mid 1950s and the 80s when NY was the epicenter of culture and interesting ideas."
Cultural Burnout · u/836-753-866 · ↑229 · 2024-07-10
"Funniest thing iv read in ages"
Vonnegut on Ginsberg and the beats · u/[deleted] · ↑164 · 2022-12-02
"He showed up and got introduced and the name sounded familiar + gay jew in new york city so I thought it was supposed to be just one of those Forrest Gump-style period references. Obviously I got the exact dates wrong but he gets hired on saying something about being creative but unable to accomplis"
"What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Moloch! Nightmare of Moloch! Moloch the loveless! Mental Moloch! Moloch the heavy judger of men!"
Moloch · u/OkChallenge9666 · ↑52 · 2024-04-29
"I've been reading a lot of the beat era literature. I love Ginsberg and Burroughs but I can't seem to really get into Kerouac."
What am I missing with Jack Kerouac? · u/Mental_Tale_8908 · ↑47 · 2024-07-18
"I spent most of Mad Men thinking Michael Ginsburg was supposed to be the poet, Allen Ginsberg"
"she told me that she had absconded to Allen Ginsburg farm with the man who would become her second husband to escape the first"
My French Teacher Knew Pynchon · u/interimprimeminister · ↑50 · 2025-08-13
"I love Ginsberg and Burroughs but I can't seem to really get into Kerouac."
What am I missing with Jack Kerouac? · u/Mental_Tale_8908 · ↑47 · 2024-07-18
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