Whether criticizing the American government, protesting the war in Vietnam, or denouncing capitalism, Ginsberg gave voice to the moral conscience of the nation.
Provocative, playful, eloquent, and of the moment, these Essays offer.
And his views on poetry, free speech, Buddhism, and the Beats reflect the concerns of the postwar American culture he helped shape.
His personal Essays on Jean Genet, Andy Warhol, Philip Glass, and others, give us compelling portraits of his fellow artists.
Whether criticizing the American government, protesting the war in Vietnam, or denouncing capitalism, Ginsberg gave voice to the moral conscience of the nation