Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso, 1957.
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Beatniks were artists and writers who started a literature-based sociocultural movement in 1950s America. This Tumblr is all about them, their work, their inspirations, and those they inspired. I also include the evolution of faux beat culture into a 1950s pop trend as well as how the beatniks' influence continues today. I apologize for any reposts; it's difficult to remember what I have and have not shared.
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Gregory Corso At Five Spot’s ‘Present Stages’ Benefit - 22.02.64 (By: Fred W. McDarrah)
Corso tomando uma cerveja durante uma pausa na leitura de uma poesia no Five Spot Cafe em NY. A leitura foi parte de um desempenho beneficente para um grupo de teatro chamado Present Stages.
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Poet Gregory Corso in Attic Room. Photography by Allen Ginsberg in 1957.
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O but what about love? I forget love
not that I am incapable of love
it’s just that I see love as odd as wearing shoes—
I never wanted to marry a girl who was like my mother
And Ingrid Bergman was always impossible
And there maybe a girl now but she’s already married
And I don’t like men and—
but there’s got to be somebody!
Because what if I’m 60 years old and not married,
all alone in furnished room with pee stains on my underwear
and everybody else is married! All in the universe married but me! — from Marriage by Gregory Corso (via fuckyeahbeatgeneration)
look at this motley group…
ahh to have a night on the town with them.
The Saturn Family series of prints was published in 1981 by The Parchment Gallery which was a venture of University of Charleston Professor William Plumley. The six piece set of signed prints were sold together as a portfolio and the edition was limited to 80. Correspondence between Corso and Plumley which I located while researching these pieces seem to indicate Corso had, at least initially, thought only one of the six was going to produced and even complained about having to sign so many.
Images of the series, as well as the above description, can be found at http://justamodernguy.com/?p=130
