Journals Mid-Fifties : 1954-1958

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Summary: A fascinating book with a fascinating form.
Review: Reading Ginsberg's journals, one might wonder why he even bothered to make conventional page poetry. Here, his "first thought - best thought" advice is best seen in action. Dreams, questions, drafts, snippets of verse, travelogue, close observation and a bit of gossip mix together to create an organic thing, a real piece of Allen. A fascinating book with a fascinating form.