Allen Ginsberg and Herbert Huncke: February 7, 1967

The Poetry Center presents Allen Ginsberg and Herbert Huncke reading from their works.

Originally Recorded By
APA
Location
Gallery Lounge, SFSC
Date
02/07/1967
Total Run Time
1:55:05
Contributor
Mark Linenthal
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Allen Ginsberg (0:53:45)

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  • Mark Linenthal welcomes Allen Ginsberg and Herbert Huncke as well as other upcoming programs of The Poetry Center (00:01)
  • Allen Ginsberg says he will start by chanting the "Parjnaparamita Sutra" in Suno-Japanese and then will chant the English translation prepared by Reverend Suzuki of the Bush Street Soto Zen Meditation Center (04:23)
  • "Parjnaparamita Sutra" (04:47)
  • "Parjnaparamita Sutra" {English translation} (07:36)
  • Remarks that he will read from an unpublished manuscript, made up of handwritten notebooks, which is a continuation of the "Wichita Vortex Sutra" sequence recently published in the two magazines Berkeley Barb and Ramparts (13:50)
  • "Hiway Poesy LA-Albuquerque" (14:25)
  • "Kansas City to Bloomington" (16:58)
  • Remarks on "Iron Horse" which is another continuation of the "Wichita Vortex Sutra" sequence (28:30)
  • "Iron Horse" (28:52)
  • Audio cuts out and resumes with unknown chanting (47:58)
  • Continues "Iron Horse" (48:55)

Herbert Huncke (1:01:20)

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Herbert Huncke reads from unpublished prose works

  • Allen Ginsberg introduces Herbert Huncke as a major American prose writer and as his early teacher and guru, also mentioning the upcoming publication of Huncke's work by Grove Press (00:00)
  • Herbert Huncke begins by talking about his speaking voice in comparison to Ginsberg's (00:28)
  • "Song of Self" (00:41)
  • Remarks on the various moods of his prose works (04:24)
  • "In the Park" (04:45)
  • Remarks that he will next read "The Magician" because Mrs. Linenthal asked him to (14:21)
  • "The Magician" (15:44)
  • Introduces his next story "Joseph Martinez" by discussing being a drug addict and his going to Manhattan General Hospital several times to withdraw from drugs (28:58)
  • "Joseph Martinez" (30:10)
  • Gap in original recording (38:24)
  • Remarks that the next story was written that morning (38:28)
  • "Tuesday, February 7, 1967" (38:39)
  • "The Sea Voyage" (43:40)

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