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Author/Creator:Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
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Title:Notebook, journal, diary, blank pages, writings, 1962-1963.
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Physical Description:1 v. (376 p.) : ill. ; 21 cm.
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Notes:In English.
Purchased from Skyline Books on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
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Biographical / Historical note:Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poet.
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Summary:Holograph notebook, signed, covering Ginsberg's trip to India from October 1962 to August 1963. Notebook used as basis of Indian Journals, March 1962-May 1963: Notebooks, Diary, Blank Pages, Writings (David Haselwood Books and City Lights Books, 1970). In Ginsberg's words, the "Indian journals are notebook writings sketches dream fragments night thoughts afternoon reveries Kodak snapshots Optical & verbal: hymns to Kali, political ravings, one line pensées, doodles, description in detail of opium Dens..." Includes descriptions of beggars, holy men, cremation ceremonies along the Ganges River, and other aspects of life in India. Mentions William S. Burroughs, Peter Orlovsky, and others. Volume includes 376 numbered pages (approximately 30 blank). Poems and paper fragments laid in.
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Cite as:Allen Ginsberg, Notebook, Journal, Diary, Blank Pages, Writings. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. Indian journals.
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933-2010.
American literature--20th century.
Authors, American--20th century.
Funeral rites and ceremonies--India.
Kālī (Hindu deity)
Opium.
Poets, American--20th century.
Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh)--Religious life and customs.
India--Description and travel.
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Genre/Form:Sketches.
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Occupation:Poets.
Link to this page: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/9454889