Ginsberg Poster Giveaway Round 2 December 5, 2012: Make your way to Mr. Ginsberg's Facebook page and answer this ditty: Trivia question to win one of the "Ballad of the Skeletons" posters shown below: What speaker is Ginsberg referring to when he says, "Said the speaker skeleton, yes you will!" in the first line of "Ballad of the Skeletons"? Send your answer to [...] by Harriet Staff

Can Anyone Say ‘Allen Ginsberg Poster Giveaway’? November 27, 2012: We're very thankful to the Allen Ginsberg Estate for hosting an Allen Ginsberg poster giveaway. We caught wind of the contest yesterday via Facebook and found this: Happy Monday from the Allen Ginsberg Estate! We hope you had a nice Thanksgiving and want to kick off your holiday season with a poster contest giveaway. We'll be giving [...] by Harriet Staff

Poets, Who Would They Have Voted For? November 7, 2012: Now that the multibillion dollar decision of 2012 is behind us, the good folks at the Huffington Post are wondering who famous authors would have voted for. Let's take a look at Langston Hughes's candidate of choice: Langston Hughes Who he'd vote for: Barack Obama Why?: "I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, [...] by Harriet Staff

The BBC Remembers “Howl” November 1, 2012: Here's a nice audio piece from the BBC, featuring Michael McClure, in remembrance of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." Enjoy! by Harriet Staff

Give Them Ears: PennSound Radio’s Weeklong Allen Ginsberg Teach-In October 23, 2012: There's an Allen Ginsberg Marathon going on over at PennSound Radio--grapevine has it that they crossed the 120-hour mark around 1:00 EST yesterday, with plans to finish by Wednesday or Thursday. What's it, you ask? A veritable teach-in, we tell you, with a weeklong marathon of recordings from his courses at Naropa in the 1970s and 1980s. [...] by Harriet Staff

Poetry Postcards and Postcards from Poets! October 18, 2012: Check out what arrived at this humble Harrieter's desk this morning! Five issues of the Hoot Review, a literary magazine in the form of a postcard. According to their website, the Hoot Review is "for people to have a literary magazine that they can both afford to subscribe to and have time to read. Never again will you be able to claim that [...] by Harriet Staff

An 8 Song Ginsberg Sampler Waits for You September 27, 2012: Hot on the heels of the release of Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems & Songs 1949-1993, the final volume in the Allen Ginsberg box set, Open Culture leads us to a free 8 song sampler from said final volume. A little about the project: Today marks the release of the final volume in the Allen Ginsberg box set Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems & Songs [...] by Harriet Staff

Ginsberg Biographer Interviewed at The Awl September 12, 2012: Sarah Stodola interviews Ginsberg's former assistant (now biographer) Steve Finbow at The Awl. Finbow's biography, Allen Ginsberg, comes out this week. For a little taste of the interview, here's Finbow describing his first encounter with Ginsberg: Allen had said to call while I was in the city, so I did. He invited me to his apartment [...] by Harriet Staff

Remember That Time When Allen Ginsberg Bought Patti Smith a Sandwich? August 13, 2012: In our culture of fame worship, there's nothing more exciting than when two celebrities meet—and this doesn't exclude us poetry fanboys and fangirls. A recent New York Times review of "Hello Goodbye Hello," by Craig Brown, describes several "famous meetings" involving some of our favorite poets, including this gem: It’s November [...] by Harriet Staff

Rare Video: Ginsberg on Music, William Blake, and a Harmonium August 3, 2012: The Allen Ginsberg Project dug up another gem today. This 1978 video opens with Ginsberg singing William Blake's "The Tyger," but sadly, there's some trouble with the audio. He uses song to discuss how to read and hear Blake's poetry. Here's an excerpt from the transcript: So it’s only if you get back to the pronunciation of the [...] by Harriet Staff