NPR: allen ginsberg https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=369833508 allen ginsberg en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 22 May 2025 14:05:08 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: allen ginsberg https://www.npr.org/tags/369833508/allen-ginsberg To Access Her Big, Boxy Muse, Photographer Set Her Sights On Allen Ginsberg From a bland suburban upbringing, Elsa Dorfman emerged into a creative life inspired by her 6-foot Polaroid camera. And the famed Beat poet turned out to be the key to that astounding metamorphosis. Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:11:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2016/04/10/469330626/to-access-her-big-boxy-muse-photographer-set-her-sights-on-allen-ginsberg https://www.npr.org/2016/04/10/469330626/to-access-her-big-boxy-muse-photographer-set-her-sights-on-allen-ginsberg

From a bland suburban upbringing, Elsa Dorfman emerged into a creative life inspired by her 6-foot Polaroid camera. And the famed Beat poet turned out to be the key to that astounding metamorphosis.

]]> NPR Staff I Saw The All-Stars Of Our Generation Honor Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' This year marks the 60th anniversary of Ginsberg's once-controversial poem. A group of musicians and actors put on a show in Los Angeles this week in celebration of Ginsberg and his iconic poem. Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:23:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2015/04/12/399159190/i-saw-the-all-stars-of-our-generation-honor-allen-ginsbergs-howl https://www.npr.org/2015/04/12/399159190/i-saw-the-all-stars-of-our-generation-honor-allen-ginsbergs-howl

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Ginsberg's once-controversial poem. A group of musicians and actors put on a show in Los Angeles this week in celebration of Ginsberg and his iconic poem.

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]]> Mandalit del Barco Remembering Al Bendich, Fierce Defender Of Free Speech The lawyer, who successfully defended Allen Ginsberg and Lenny Bruce in landmark free speech cases, died this month. Without of his wins, a lot of culture we enjoy might have been blocked as obscene. Sat, 17 Jan 2015 06:14:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2015/01/17/377795336/remembering-al-bendich-fierce-defender-of-free-speech https://www.npr.org/2015/01/17/377795336/remembering-al-bendich-fierce-defender-of-free-speech

The lawyer, who successfully defended Allen Ginsberg and Lenny Bruce in landmark free speech cases, died this month. Without of his wins, a lot of culture we enjoy might have been blocked as obscene.

]]> Scott Simon Book News: The Elusive Elena Ferrante Finally Speaks — Sort Of Not much is known about the acclaimed Italian novelist besides her pen name and her books. But she sat for a recent interview — conducted in writing, with her publisher as intermediary. Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:16:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/10/369833119/book-news-the-elusive-elena-ferrante-finally-speaks-sort-of https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/10/369833119/book-news-the-elusive-elena-ferrante-finally-speaks-sort-of

Not much is known about the acclaimed Italian novelist besides her pen name and her books. But she sat for a recent interview — conducted in writing, with her publisher as intermediary.

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