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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872865112 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100554160 02 0872865118 03 9780872865112 15 9780872865112 BC 1 A01 Ginsberg, Allen Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg was born June 3, 1926, the son of Naomi Ginsberg, Russian émigré, and Louis Ginsberg, lyric poet and school teacher, in Paterson, N.J. To these facts Ginsberg adds: "High school in Paterson till 17, Columbia College, merchant marine, Texas and Denver copyboy, Times Square, amigos in jail, dishwashing, book reviews, Mexico City, market research, Satori in Harlem, Yucatan and Chiapas 1954, West Coast 3 years. Later Arctic Sea trip, Tangier, Venice, Amsterdam, Paris, read at Oxford Harvard Columbia Chicago, quit, wrote "Kaddish" 1959, made tape to leave behind & fade in Orient awhile. Carl Solomon to whom "Howl" is addressed, is a intuitive Bronx dadaist and prose-poet." 2 A19 Morgan, Bill Bill Morgan <b>Bill Morgan</b> is a painter and archival consultant working in New York City. His previous publications include <i>The Works of Allen Ginsberg 1941-1994: A Descriptive Bibliography</i> and <i>Lawrence Ferlinghetti: a Comprehensive Bibliography</i>. He has worked as an archivist for Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman, and Timothy Leary.<br> 01 eng 128 00 128 03 20 Allen Ginsberg;bill morgan 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Beat Generation 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Poetry 01 <P>Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a long poem written about the madness and death of his mother, Naomi, is widely considered to be one his major works. This special fiftieth­-anniversary edition of <em>Kaddish & Other Poems</em> features an illuminating afterword by the noted Ginsberg biographer Bill Morgan, along with previously unpublished family photographs, Naomi's paintings, and documents and letters relating to the composition of the poem.</p> <P><br /> "In the midst of the broken consciousness of mid-twentieth century suffering anguish of separation from my own body and its natural infinity of feeling its own self one with all self, I instinctively seeking to reconstitute that blissful union which I experience so rarely. I took it to be supernatural and gave it holy Name thus made hymn laments of longing and litanies of triumphancy of Self over mind-illusion mechano-universe of un-feeling Time in which I saw my self my own mother and my very nation trapped desolate our worlds of consciousness homeless and at war except for the original trembling of bliss in breast and belly of every body that nakedness rejected in suits of fear that familiar defenseless living hurt self which is myself same as all others abandoned scared to own unchanging desire for each other." <br /> <strong>— Allen Ginsberg, <em>Kaddish</em></strong></p> <P></p> 02 Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a long poem written about the madness and death of his mother, Naomi, is widely considered to be one his major works. This special fiftieth­-anniversary edition of Kaddish & Other Poems features an illuminating afterword by... 08 <p>"Bill Morgan, Ginsberg's biographer, has provided the reader with as thorough an appreciation of context as we are ever likely to get."</p> The Forward/Zeek Magazine 08 <p>"Alongside <em>Howl</em>, this book is generally regarded as a major work in the Ginsberg canon. <em>Kaddish</em> relates to Ginsberg's mother Naomi, she suffered severe mental illness and died in 1956. Her life and the manner of her death had a devastating impact upon a young Allen Ginsberg and he wrestled with thoughts of her all his life."</p> Pauline Reeves, Beat Scene No.64 Beat Scene No. 64 Spring 2011 23 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100554160/extras/KaddishExcerptCL.pdf 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100554160/images/87286100554160L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100554160/images/87286100554160S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100554160 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20101215 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20101215 01 02 9.95 USD