Mindfield by Perseus
Republished with a new cover and a new introduction by David Amram, this publication includes forewords by two legendary Beat writers, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.New rare sketches and notes from the author's personal journal, forewords from two of the world's leading poets of the Beat Generation, and an introduction by David Amram, the man who collaborated with Jack Kerouac in the first-ever live poetry reading in 1957, are collected here for the first time in this revised and unique edition of Mindfield. This poetry is an affront to all that limits, restrains, or frightens. Death I unsalute you, Gregory declares. Beyond energy and sheer brilliance, these poems offer the wisdom of a man unstuck and a mind content with the freedom of knowing truth without being afraid of it.
Gregory Corso (1930-2001) was abandoned by his mother a month after his birth at St. Joseph's Hospital in New York City. New York's St. Vincent's Hospital. Corso was a juvenile criminal who spent time in Clinton Correctional Institution, in the cell just vacated by gangster Lucky Luciano, after growing up in foster care and on the streets of Little Italy. Corso, an aspiring poet, was taken under the wing of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, and became the youngest member of the Beat Generation's inner circle, living and working with them in the Beat Hotel, a boarding house in Paris, in the late 1950s. Bomb, a poem comprised of typewritten strips of paper stacked in the shape of a mushroom cloud, became one of his signature works while he was there. Corso reconnected with his mother later in life and maintained a close relationship with her until his death.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781560252016 |
| ISBN 10 | 1560252014 |
| Titel | Mindfield |
| Autor | Perseus |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Thunder's Mouth Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1998-12-30 |
| Seitenanzahl | 288 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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