![]() ![]() ![]() In 1965 Ginsberg was simultaneously crowned Prague May King, then expelled by Czech police and placed on the FBI’s Dangerous Security List. Antonio, Evan Burton, Juliet Howard, Nicole Sealey, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo, Chavisa Woods, Daniel Gallant, Hettie Jones, Macgregor Card, Fay Chiang,Tim Peterson, Nathaniel Siegel and other poets To Be AnnouncedĪllen Ginsberg’s signal poem “Howl” overcame censorship in 1957 to become one of the most widely read poems of the century. ![]() Participants in the Group reading of HOWL as of 8/12/09:Į. This reading is FREE and OPEN to the public ! It is a dizzying cacophony, a praise poem to chaos and beauty, a one-of-a-kind.ĭate: Friday Sept 4th, 2009 6pm-8pm Tompkins Square Park East Village NYC ![]() Poets generally jump from the Tompkins Square stage and take the poem directly to the audience. Each poet has a copy of the poem and is free to repeat lines, change volume, and add musical and performance flourishes as Holman weaves the piece together. The poem is a spontaneous improvisation conducted by Bob Holman. Some twenty poets from downtown poetry scenes – Bowery Poetry Club, Cave Canem, Gathering of the Tribes, Nuyorican Poets Café, St Mark’s Poetry Project – each read their own work, then join together on stage to perform Ginsberg’s blast of an epic. A Group Reading of HOWL concludes the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Reading, the opening event of the annual HOWL Festival of East Village arts. ![]()
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