The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 6 (More Haiku)

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 6 (More Haiku):                                      [ Shinsui Ito  (1898-1972)  -   wood-block print -  Night Rain at Mii Temple (1917)] AG: So th...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku 5 (Śrāvaka Buddha)

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku 5 (Śrāvaka Buddha):       [Hanging scroll of an Indian Buddhist arhat by Japanese painter,   Shiba Kokan (1747-1818)] AG: Then there's the Ś r ā v...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: David Menconi's Allen Ginsberg Interview part 2

The Allen Ginsberg Project: David Menconi's Allen Ginsberg Interview part 2: David Menconi's 1987 Interview with Allen Ginsberg ( featured here last week ) continues:   AG: (So) I was working here at Naropa ...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Allen Ginsberg's "Beat" Correspondence with Paul B...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Allen Ginsberg's "Beat" Correspondence with Paul B...:            [Allen Ginsberg to Paul Bertram (1928-2013) , in 1947, from the Ginsberg-Bertram letters] Readers+Writers Journal , thi...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 4 - (Zhuangzi)

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 4 - (Zhuangzi):    [ Hokusai (1760-1849) - Philosopher Watching A Pair of Butterflies  (1814) - plate from picture-book, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden N...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 3 (more from Zenrin-kushu)

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 3 (more from Zenrin-kushu):                      ["To have the sun and moon in one sleeve/To hold the universe in the palm of one's hand"] Allen c...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 2 (Zenrin-kushu continues)

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 2 (Zenrin-kushu continues):                                               ["..the wave exhibits the spiritual nature of the moon"]    [ Allen continues...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 1 (Spiritual Origins of Haiku)

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Haiku - 1 (Spiritual Origins of Haiku): [ Bodhidharma ( Daruma ) - the Indian founder of Zen Buddhism , which he brought to China and subsequently Japan - from the British Museu...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: David Menconi Interview - 1 (Allen Ginsberg in 198...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: David Menconi Interview - 1 (Allen Ginsberg in 198...:             [ Allen Ginsberg with accompanist, Steven Taylor - performing live in Europe, 1986] Allen Ginsberg, in 1987, surveys hi...

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Friday May 8 - Gary Snyder's Birthday

The Allen Ginsberg Project: Friday May 8 - Gary Snyder's Birthday:     [ Gary Snyder - July 2002 - Photo by John Suiter ] Gary Snyder 's 85th birthday today.   Here 's Gary interviewed by El...