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Article: "O fellow travelers I write you a poem in Amsterdam": Allen Ginsberg, Simon Vinkenoog, and the Dutch Beat Connection.(Critical Essay)
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- January 1, 2000
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In the beginning of September 1957 Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, travelling through Europe after having visited William S. Burroughs in Tangiers, arrived in Paris. They were planning to stay with Gregory Corso, who was exploring Europe on his own; in the French capital he had rented a small room in the attic of a nameless hotel at 9 Rue Git-le-Coeur, the location that in literary history would become known as the "Beat hotel." Always unpredictable, Corso had suddenly left for Amsterdam, however, leaving a note for his two friends which suggested that they join him there for a month, after which the three of them could return to Paris. Ginsberg and Orlovsky did not ...
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Article: GINSBERG RETURNS TO CITY THAT INSPIRES HIS POETRY
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);
September 30, 1991 ;
700+ words
... ... Bergen County, NJ) 09-30-1991 GINSBERG RETURNS TO CITY THAT INSPIRES HIS POETRY ... 2 Star, 1 Star Biographical: ALLEN GINSBERG Sunday marked the return of a native son to Paterson. Allen Ginsberg read from his poetry at the Paterson ...
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