Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American poet Allen Ginsberg poses in a bookstore on June 2, 1959. (Joe Rosenthal/S.F. Chronicle) Since the moment Allen Ginsberg ...

Allen Ginsberg was perhaps the most important post-war poet of the 20th century. His work influenced countless writers and gave voice to the perspective of a new generation that would change popular ...

This week is the centenary of Allen Ginsberg, the gay, Jewish, Buddhist, Socialist writer who for decades was America's most public poet. He used his presence as both an outsider and a celebrity to ...

A new tribute album offers musical interpretations of Ginsberg's poems. The poet and countercultural activist spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about... Revisiting the 'Fresh Air' interview with poet Allen ...