Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg defined a generation with his writing. He was modern, radical, bold and defiant. He had a strong belief in eastern religions and reincarnation. He truly believed that he was a direct descendant of some of the greatest writers of all time. The most trenchant of these were Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Ginsberg’s writing was immediately absorbed by the public. His most famous poem, “‘Howl’ was …showed first 75 words of 3806 total…

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