April 26, 2005

Howl aloud . . .

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What is believe to be the first record of Allen Ginsberg reading Howl has been donated to Naropa Univeristy, according to a breif Associated Press wire report. The late poet was co-founder of Naropa’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and the school’s audio archivist calls it “a fantastic addition.” The AP reports, “The 1956 recording was donated by California-based Pacifica Radio. The donation also included recordings of writers Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, James Baldwin, Aldous Huxley and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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