EXCLUSIVE: Unfolding in New York’s East Village in 1978, the Nova Convention has gone down in history as a legendary ...

Allen Ginsberg initially thought The Beatles were naive when he first met them. However, he soon learned that they were innovators and artists like him. The Beatles | Central Press/Getty Images ...

HOWL / When Allen Ginsberg hurled his shattering poem at a San Francisco audience in 1955, it proved to be the depth charge that started the Beat movement By Heidi Benson , Chronicle Staff Writer ...

Allen Ginsberg, the late poet who helped form the core of the Beat Generation, is best known for chronicling the world through his gritty and confessional words.But a new exhibit at the Los ...

In February of 1982, Allen Ginsberg arrived in Los Angeles and called up his friend Bob Dylan. According to Steven Taylor, a guitarist who was traveling with the poet, Ginsberg was eager to book ...

Poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" outside the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 1994, before a hearing on the constitutionality of a FCC policy restricting indecent material.

Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burrough’s relationship with the Fab Four. The pair of poets were close to The Beatles in their own way. According to his website, ...

Poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti, left, and Allen Ginsberg during the dedication of the Jack Kerouac Commemorative, a work of public art in Lowell, Mass. historic district , June 25, 1988.

The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary SnyderEdited by Bill MorganCounterpoint;... Ginsberg and Snyder, poets and pals SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...