Tag Archives: Allen Ginsberg

Into the Woods with Blake and Sondheim

By Robin Bates | Published: August 3, 2023

Blake and Sondheim both respect children’s need to explore far more than various book banners.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 10, 2022

“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by social media,” write a couple of tweeting satirists, referencing Ginsberg’s “Howl.”

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By Robin Bates | Published: July 11, 2020

In a series of parables, 18th century poet Christopher Smart sought to make Jesus’s parables accessible to the expanding middle class.