Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews, 1958-1996 (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Ginsberg, Allen; White, Edmund; Havel, Vaclav

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141181834 ISBN 13: 9780141181837

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2001

Synopsis

Far from merely paying respect to a man proclaimed as one of the key figures of twentieth-century American literary and cultural history, this volume provocatively recreates the impassioned voice of Ginsberg as man, poet, revolutionary and politicalactivist. Always witty and engaging, this collection of interviews from throughout Ginsberg's career reveals his attitudes towards poetry and drugs, his literary influences and personal relationships.

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Review:

"[A] comprehensive, essential volume ..[the] interviews are like keys to the many rooms of [Ginsberg's] expansive consciousness."Michael Schumacher, author of Dharma Lion "A valuable and extensive collection, intelligently edited."Kirkus (Starred Review) "Readers of this collection may find that they are no longer the same after having encountered [Ginsberg] in its pages."New York Times Book Review "Spontaneous Mind brings readers closer to Ginsberg the man ... both compelling and entertaining to read."Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "SPONTANEOUS MIND is an uncensored perspective on Allen Ginsberg's life, work and the events of his time."Charleston Post & Courier "Ginsberg's verbal dexterity is such that he never gets hemmed in by people who would rather have him easily pegged."Creative Loafing

"A valuable and extensive collection, intelligently edited."--Kirkus (Starred Review)

"SPONTANEOUS MIND is an uncensored perspective on Allen Ginsberg's life, work and the events of his time."--Charleston Post & Courier

" [A] comprehensive, essential volume ..[the] interviews are like keys to the many rooms of [Ginsberg's] expansive consciousness."--Michael Schumacher, author of Dharma Lion

"Readers of this collection may find that they are no longer the same after having encountered [Ginsberg] in its pages."--New York Times Book Review

"Spontaneous Mind brings readers closer to Ginsberg the man ... both compelling and entertaining to read."--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Ginsberg's verbal dexterity is such that he never gets hemmed in by people who would rather have him easily pegged."--Creative Loafing

About the Author:

Ginsberg (1926-97) was the leading poet of the Beat generation, spokesman for the anti-war generation and icon of the counter-culture. For many he defined the poetical voice of the second half of twentieth-century America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141181834
• ISBN 13: 9780141181837
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 624