Beatdom 26: The Allen Ginsberg Special

Beatdom 26 is the Allen Ginsberg special edition of our journal, released on the 100th anniversary of the Beat poet's birth. This issue includes essays, interviews, poems, memoirs, reviews, art, and photography related to Ginsberg. It is made by contributors from all around the world and examines parts of Ginsberg's life and work that have often been overlooked or misunderstood.ContentsEssays, Memoirs, and Interviews"Allen Ginsberg on the Road to the Royal Albert Hall," by Leon Horton"A Decisive Influence on my Adolescent Nervous System: Allen Ginsberg's Performances in Austria 1980 and their Impact," by Thomas Antonic"Allen Ginsberg and Christian Loidl: Previously Unpublished Conversation at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, July 16th, 1990," edited by Thomas Antonic"Garrulous to the Very Last: A Comparison of the Late Poems of Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg," by Matt Theado"Poetry: The Ginsberg Family Legacy to Themselves and the World," by Ryan Mathews"American Poet Allen Ginsberg: A Memory," by Nina Zivancevic"Direct Contact with Living: Ginsberg's Ethics of Witness," by Immanuel Witt Diamant"Ginsberg's Observational Spontaneity: From Travel Journaling to Auto-Poesy," by Michael Daniel Breger"Considering Allen Ginsberg as Spiritual Teacher," by Barbara Schmitz"Lessons on Style from the Work of Allen Ginsberg: Eight Techniques for Creating Memorable Political Poems," by Eliot Katz"Disembodied Poetics: A Memoir of Allen Ginsberg at Hollyhock Farm," by Colin James Sanders"Herbert Huncke and Allen Ginsberg," archival documents provided by Jerome Poynton"Twice Around Allen: An Interview with Bob Rosenthal and Peter Hale," by Leon Horton"Allen Ginsberg at Primrose Hill: Ah! Sunflower," by Jack Ryan"On Melancholy, Art, and the Meaning of Life while I'm Thinking about Ginsberg," by Kitti Jakobovits"Allen Ginsberg X Richard Hell," by René van der Voort and Mr. Pelham"Illinois Jacquet, Allen Ginsberg, Istvan Eörsi, and my Father," by Mark Scott"The Beat, the Boho, and the House That 'Howl' Built: The Lifetime Friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti," by Ryan Mathews"I'm With You In Rockland: Allen Ginsberg's Psychiatric Experience," by Andy Marin"Our sketches will come to life: Remembering Allen Ginsberg Through the Poetry of Eliot Katz," by Giordana Bruno"My Three Allens," by Don Linder"Wounded Mind, Wounded World: Death and War in the Life and Poetry of Allen Ginsberg," by Alexandre Ferrere"America, Give A Shit! Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky & Steven Taylor Live in Graz 1980: A Review," by David S. WillsPoetry and Art"Letter to Allen on the State of the State, March 2026," by Eliot Katz"For Allen Ginsberg," by Arlene Tribbia"Ginsberg, Corso, and Me," by Russell Dupont"Allen Ginsberg Wrote Wichita Vortex Sutra For Me," by Dave Thompson"Allen Ginsberg," by Jeff Goldberg"A Feminist Poem for Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky," by Andrea Dee"Haiku after 'Wales Visitation'," by Paul Chambers"Another Our Father," by Ralph La Charity"The Letters of Allen Ginsberg: An Artistic Interpretation," by Joel LipmanPhotos of Allen Ginsberg by Michele Corleone, D.S. Black, and Greg MastersPaintings and memoir, by Jonathan Collins Read more