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Name: Planet News, 1961-1967 (Pocket Poets)
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Author: Allen Ginsberg

📘 Planet News, 1961-1967 (Pocket Poets) by Allen Ginsberg

This collection compiles seven years of Allen Ginsberg’s verse, from the early 1960s through 1967. It traces his journeys from the streets of New York to the Mediterranean and Asian horizons, the Prague spring, the London International Poetry Incarnation, the American Midwest, and across the Atlantic to Wales. The poems weave political critique, personal insight, and a Beat generation ethos, reflecting on both global events and intimate moments. Ginsberg’s work remains rooted in American poetry while engaging with broader cultural and ecological themes.

First publish date: 1971

Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry

Authors: Allen Ginsberg

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