{"id":4717,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4279"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:01:49","slug":"allen-ginsberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/friends-influences\/important-people-in-carrolls-life-and-work\/artistic-influences-mentors-supporters\/allen-ginsberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen Ginsberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Allen Ginsberg\n\u00a91994 JoAnn Verburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Carroll met beat poet Allen Ginsberg at around age 15-17; he would track Ginsberg down at protest rallies and they would hang out together. They became close friends, and Ginsberg is featured prominently in Forced Entries<\/em>. A Naropa Institute Archive recording of Carroll’s 1986 spoken-word performance at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO, (run by Ginsberg and XAnne Waldman<\/a>) has Ginsberg introducing Carroll. This is amusing because Carroll reads “The Poet and the Vibrator,” from Forced Entries<\/a><\/em>, a piece about Ginsberg and a ferocious vibrator. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carroll has also taught writing workshops at Naropa and occasionally performed with Ginsberg. Ginsberg appears, along with Carroll and others, in the films<\/a> Poetry in Motion<\/em> and Gang of Souls<\/em>, and on Giorno Poetry Systems’s spoken-word albums<\/a> The Dial-A-Poem Poets<\/em>, Disconnected, and You\u2019re
a Hook: The 15 Year Anniversary of Dial-A-Poem<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carroll met beat poet Allen Ginsberg at around age 15-17; he would track Ginsberg down at protest rallies and they would hang out together. They became close friends, and Ginsberg is featured prominently in Forced Entries. A Naropa Institute Archive recording of Carroll’s 1986 spoken-word performance at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO, (run by … Continue reading Allen Ginsberg<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":9419,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[13],"class_list":["post-4717","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-1e5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9232,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/spoken-word-lecture-recordings-by-jim-carroll\/naropa-institute-reading\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":0},"title":"Naropa Institute Reading","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"March 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Logo - Naropa Institute (standing in for 1986 audio recording by JIm Carroll) Spoken-word PerformanceBy Jim Carroll AudiocassetteNaropa Institute Archives, July 1986 This hard-to-get tape features a spoken-word performance Carroll gave during his1986 summer at the Naropa Institute in Colorado, where he has frequently given writing workshops over the years.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4519,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-music-and-spoken-word\/spoken-word-lecture-recordings-by-jim-carroll\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":1},"title":"Spoken-Word\/Lecture Recordings by Jim Carroll","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"See also: Spoken-Word: Collaborations Pools of MercuryReleased: 1998By: Jim CarrollLabel: MercuryGenre: Music and spoken word Get this album on Amazon Curtis's Charm: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackReleased: 1996By: Music by Mark Korven with songs by My Brilliant BeastLabel: Rabid Dog ProductionsGenre: Film soundtrack Carroll reads \"Curtis's Charm,\" from Fear of Dreaming.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/naropa-university_174.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4531,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/jim-carroll-in-photography\/","url_meta":{"origin":4717,"position":2},"title":"Jim Carroll in Photography","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"These are hard-to-find books that contain photos of Carroll. asdfgn Angels, Anarchists & GodsPublished:\u00a01998By:\u00a0Christopher FelverPublisher:\u00a0Louisiana State UniversityDescription:\u00a0I haven't seen this book, but Felver has shot many fantastic portraits of Jim, and this book contains at least one absolute classic. 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