Michael Horovitz on Allen Ginsberg

from Great Lives · host BBC Radio 4

Matthew Parris is joined by Michael Horovitz who nominates fellow poet and founder of the 'Beat Generation', Allen Ginsberg, as his Great Life. Ginsberg's friend and biographer Barry Miles provides biographical detail of this colourful and controversial writer, who through his battle for free expression inspired American counter culture.Producer: Melvin RickarbyFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.

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