Reading: Allen Ginsberg
Location
Memorial Union Ballroom
Event Website
http://www.undwritersconference.org
Start Date
22-3-1974 8:00 PM
End Date
22-3-1974 9:00 PM
Description
In this audiovisual recording from Friday, March 22, 1974, as part of the 5th Annual UND Writers Conference: “City Lights in North Dakota,” Allen Ginsberg performs music and reads from his work. The reading begins with Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and a few musicians who lead the audience in song and in chanting Tibetan mantras. Ginsberg sings “Bus Ride Ballad Road to Suva” and “Truth Wheel Bone Rap.” He reads “Returning to the Country for a Brief Visit,” “Mind Breaths,” and “Flying Elegy.”
Streaming Media
Reading: Allen Ginsberg
Memorial Union Ballroom
In this audiovisual recording from Friday, March 22, 1974, as part of the 5th Annual UND Writers Conference: “City Lights in North Dakota,” Allen Ginsberg performs music and reads from his work. The reading begins with Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and a few musicians who lead the audience in song and in chanting Tibetan mantras. Ginsberg sings “Bus Ride Ballad Road to Suva” and “Truth Wheel Bone Rap.” He reads “Returning to the Country for a Brief Visit,” “Mind Breaths,” and “Flying Elegy.”
https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/1974/day5/1
Comments
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