Some Great Coverage of "Howl in the City"

Many, many thanks to all who came out to experience the incredible weekend of July 23/24th for "Howl in the City." If you were unable to make it, or would like a re-cap, check out the following links:

Words with Anne Waldman & photos - from Readyset DC

"Howling in the Nation's Capital" - Karren LaLonde Alenier's review from The Dressing

Interview with Anne Waldman and Kyp Malone - Matthew Hemerlein for BrightestYoungThings

Photos by: Alicia H. Gregory

"Howl" in the City in the Washington Post

Check out David Montgomery's article in the Post about "Howl in the City":

There's a bit of a "Howl" boomlet going on -- books, photographs, an upcoming movie starring James Franco and, most immediately, a "Howl in the City" series of readings and music Friday and Saturday in Washington.

The timing of the convergence is mainly coincidental, the fruit of projects launched around the 50th anniversary of the poem, which Ginsberg first recited to spellbound hipster audiences in the fall of 1955, at the age of 29. He published it in 1956. Then came the obscenity trial in 1957, which Ginsberg's publisher won, a free-speech landmark. Ginsberg died in 1997, at 70.

Brightest Young Things Article about "Howl" in the City"

Check out the Brightest Young Things story about "Howl" in the City http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/articles/howl-in-the-city.htm. An excerpt follows:

In 1955 Allen Ginsberg's therapist encouraged him to quit his day job and devote more of his time to poetry. Experimentations (of all kinds) later, in 1956 he published HOWL, a poem in three parts and a footnote, which caused an unspeakable stir at the time ("so obscene") and often referred to "as the poem that helped change the world", a tall order for sure, and is considered one of the benchmarks of Beat Generation's opus. Many of you have read it, many of you feel like you have heard enough about it that you don't have to read it but this weekend 55 years later DC gets to experience firsthand this piece as it was intented to be experienced: as a performance piece

Photo of the Week: City Lights Bookstore

Building up to the event "Howl" in the City, the Photo of the Week will feature one of Ginsberg's photographs, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Bob Donlon (Rob Donnelly, Kerouac's Desolation Angels), Neal Cassady, myself in black corduroy jacket, Bay Area poets' "Court Painter" Robert La Vigne & poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in front of his City Lights Books shop, Broadway & Columbus Avenue North Beach. Donlon worked seasonally as Las Vegas waiter & oft drank with Jack K., Neal looks good in tee shirt, Howl first printing hadn't arrived from England yet (500 copies), we were just hanging around, Peter Orlovsky stepped back off curb & snapped shot, San Francisco spring 1956.

Drinking With Purpose! Tonight at The Passenger

Happy Hour to Benefit Split This Rock

Tuesday, July 13, 5-8 pm
The Passenger Bar
1021 7th St. NW
Washington, DC
Across from the Convention Center
Mount Vernon Place Metro


Come join us at The Passenger www.passengerdc.com on July 13 to celebrate Split This Rock and prepare for "Howl in the City." There's no cover for the happy hour and all are welcome. 10% of the proceeds from the bar will help support bringing amazing poet Anne Waldman and fantastic musician Kyp Malone to DC for "Howl in the City."

"Howl in the City" is a celebration of the National Gallery's exhibit of Allen Ginsberg's photos - a reading of "Howl" with music, to take place at Busboys and Poets, 5th & K, on July 23-24. Details here: http://blogthisrock.blogspot.com/2010/06/howl-in-city-poetry-music-celebrating.html

Photo of the Week: William Burroughs

Building up to the event "Howl" in the City, the Photo of the Week will feature one of Ginsberg's photographs, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

We went uptown to look at Mayan Codices at Museum of Natural History & Metropolitan Museum of Art to view Carlo Crivelli's greenhued Christ-face with crown of thorns stuck symmetric in his skull—here Egyptian wing William Burroughs with a brother Sphinx, Fall 1953 Manhattan.

Photo of the Week: Peter Orlovsky

Building up to the event "Howl" in the City, the Photo of the Week will feature one of Ginsberg's photographs, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

Peter Orlovsky at James Joyce's grave, Zurich Switzerland December 1980, we climbed up the cemetery and found Joyce's statue snowcovered, brushed it off his head.