Ginsberg, who died in 1997, would have turned 90 on Friday, June 3, and contemporaries including Michael McClure and Ed Sanders will offer readings and remembrances at the gallery Howl! Happening on East 1st Street. At 8 p.m., a group of musicians will discuss and perform selections from “Last Word on First Blues,” a collection of Ginsberg’s music that was recently reissued.
Beat Generation to Be Celebrated With Festival in Manhattan
The New York Times, June 1, 2016. By Andrew R. Chow