Beat legend, ‘Boy Lover’: How should we understand Allen Ginsberg’s complex legacy? | allen ginsberg
In 1985 Allen Ginsberg sat down his friend, a 17-year-old gay boy named Peter Hale, and gave some advice: “Get a wife, settle down, and have kids.” At that time, Hale was enrolled in a summer program Naropa UniversityA Buddhist-inspired college where the 59-year-old Ginsburg ran a writing program. “He told me not to live