CSPAN Q A May 10, 2010
it started the beat generation, a counter cultural view of the world. while it was there, he met allen ginsberg who wrote an important book called "whol," one of the most important poems of the 1960's. also a great writer, the three of them became celebrities in their own right for the lifestyle that they were trying to create. in the new york music scene, you had jazz and the beat and they were the precursors of the free love hippie movement. >> how did you meet them? >> they were giving a lecture at the cultural library and i went over and told them that i had some family relations...
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