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Notes on Three Lost Poems by Gregory Corso

Gregory Stephenson

Photo by Robert Wilson. Used by permission.

In a life of wide and restless travels, Gregory Corso produced six collections of poetry, together with a handful of plays and a novel, but left trailing in the wake of his urgent journeys an unknown … [Read more...]

Five poems and four collages by Steve Dalachinsky

Steve Dalachinsky

actual size collage (detail) - Steve Dalachinsky

the blood hustle   (more than a lb. of flesh) - “everything is somewhere else.” - for gregory corso @ perazzo funeral … [Read more...]

Gregory Corso – The Gold Standard record release

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Gregory Corso - The Gold Standard LP, Unrequited Records

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The Ghost Sonata

Vincent Zangrillo

The Ghost Sonata - Vincent Zangrillo

Gregory Corso loved Patti Smith. Patti Smith loved Jim Carroll. Jim Carroll loved Ted Berrigan. Ted Berrigan loved Mark and Mark loved me. Once after Gregory was gone maybe two years, I’m not good … [Read more...]

Poetic Licence: The Crime and Hard Time of Gregory Corso, or A Portrait of the Poet as a Young Felon

Gregory Stephenson

Gregory Corso mug shot -- prison

“When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state. And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries. And look upon myself and curse my fate …” --- William … [Read more...]

Being Michael Brownstein – Thomas Locicero

Thomas Locicero

Gotham Book Mart - Evan P. Cordes

Being Michael Brownstein We exit the underground at Penn Station, determined to walk, if only to breathe out the stench of urine from our Long Island lungs. She suggests we stop at Gotham Book … [Read more...]

Five poems on the Beat Generation

Alan Catlin

southbound / credit: em

Jan Kerouac Baby Driver "Looking for adventure in whatever comes my way I was a true nature's child Born to be wild-----" Steppenwolf Dreams of Hawaiian island paradise home ends up in a … [Read more...]

Beat Generation Poet to Get New Voice with Kickstarter Campaign

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The Whole Shot: Interviews with Beat poet Gregory Corso

A collection of rare and out-of-print interviews with Gregory Corso, one of the founders of the Beat movement in American literature Arlington, MA, February 11, 2015 -- After five years of … [Read more...]

Two Poems by Alessandra Bava

Alessandra Bava

cobblestones

Apres Nous, Le Chaos (to Lawrence Ferlinghetti) In the bookstore the voice slowly uncurls some pages of life, revealing Allen's loss: "There is a HUGE … [Read more...]

Review – The Beats: A Very Short Introduction by David Sterritt

Denise Enck

The Beats: A Short Introduction by David Sterritt

The Beats: A Very Short Introduction by David Sterritt / Oxford University Press / 978-0-19-979677-9 / 126 pages David Sterritt's work might be familiar to Beat or film aficionados through his … [Read more...]

On Being Corso’s Lover

Jacqueline Kirkpatrick

On Being Corso's Lover by Jacqueline Kirkpatrick

In the Cadillac of my imagination unraveling in Corso's kitchen we eat verses of Homer for lunch. He becomes my Odysseus. My fingers are burnt and veins tapped. Our highs grow weary as we … [Read more...]

4 terrific Gregory Corso videos

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from the video "Gregory Corso Walks & Talks in Rome, " Dario Bellini / YouTube

In honor of Gregory Corso's birthday (he was born March 26, 1930), we've collected some videos of him. Check 'em out. 1. & 2. Gregory Corso Walks and Talks in Roma, 1989 "Two weeks with Gregory … [Read more...]

Beat Generation Photos by Rob Lee

Rob Lee

rob lee poets photos

[Editor's note: These photos are small! This page was first created many years ago for smaller screens. I have larger photos somewhere and will update this page as soon as possible.] Shig … [Read more...]

About Gregory Corso

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Gregory Corso - Mindfield

Gregory Corso passed away on January 19, 2001 at the age of 70, after a long illness. Corso was one of the major figures of the Beat Generation. He was a poet, painter, traveler, and occasional … [Read more...]

Book Review – Who was Sinclair Beiles?

Denise Enck

Who Was Sinclair Beiles? Essays

Who was Sinclair Beiles? / Gary Cummiskey & Eva Kowalska, editors / Dye Hard Press / 2009 / 978-0-620-42792-0 Before I opened Dye Hard Press' new volume, its title, Who was Sinclair Beiles? was a … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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