Books Update from NYTimes.com
Friday, April 6, 2001
Featured Author: Allen Ginsberg
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"Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews, 1958-1996," by Allen
Ginsberg. Edited by David Carter.
Allen Ginsberg died in 1997, but his "uniquely frank and
vivid voice seems to sound again in its deftly edited pages"
of interviews conducted over 40 years, writes
William Deresiewicz, who teaches English at Yale University.
"Yet if anyone knew the difference between printed text and
living speech, it was the poet who made immediacy the
foundation of his art. Ginsberg talking is like Charlie
Parker taking his saxophone out for a spin at the far
reaches of harmony and rhythm; reading him is the mental
equivalent of being driven at top speed down a winding
mountain road."
Deresiewicz concludes that "the stereotype of Ginsberg as a
semiliterate primitive leaves one unprepared for his
erudition and intellectual brilliance."
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/reviews/010408.08deresit.html?0406bk
Featured Author: Allen Ginsberg
This retrospective includes reviews of Ginsberg's books of
poetry, journals and essays, articles about Ginsberg, a
slide show and a tape of a live reading by Ginsberg from
1977.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg.html?0406bk
Audio: Allen Ginsberg at the 92nd Street Y (Feb. 28, 1977)
http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/08/specials/ginsberg.html#audio?0406bk
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