![]() ![]() ![]() "Project" seemed the ideal word to define the site as an ongoing aspiration to approximate Allen's world vision, or better yet, to provide as much of his own words, snapshots and art as the Internet can allow, and let the items speak for themselves. The idea of the Allen Ginsberg Project evolved out of our original website for the Ginsberg Trust, started in 2002. To reflect this we’ve renamed our website The Allen Ginsberg Project. The Trust's mission has been to manage Allen's tangible and non-tangible assets in a manner consistent with Allen’s world-view, sensibilities and artistic and literary values without, in his own words, " a museum out of me."Īfter nearly a decade of activity overseeing the release of materials from the archives, we are no longer technically an Estate Trust, but continue with the same mandate. The Allen Ginsberg Trust was created to ensure the continuation of that legacy. Here's an excerpt:Īllen's commitment to exploring his own "actual visions" alongside his own sensorial perceptions led to the creation of a body of work in nearly every form of media, and it continues to influence many artists and thinkers to this day. The title came from an earlier poem of his, "On Burroughs' Work," which described his experience of reading the manuscript that became Naked Lunch. Allen Ginsberg's poetry collection, Reality Sandwiches, appeared in 1961. ![]()
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