Allen Ginsberg:

I'm a Buddhist. I'm a Jew. I'm a Communist. I'm a homosexual. I'm an old man. I'm a young man. I'm a woman. I'm a child. I'm a black man. I'm a white man. I'm an American. I'm a Russian. I'm a Chinese. I'm a Martian. I'm a dog. I'm a cat. I'm a tree. I'm a flower. I'm a rock. I'm a river. I'm a mountain. I'm a star. I'm a galaxy. I'm a universe. I'm a god. I'm a devil. I'm nothing. I'm everything.

— Allen Ginsberg Modern

Howl, Beat poet

Context

Interview with The Paris Review

Date / Period

1966

Source

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4279/the-art-of-poetry-no-8-allen-gins…

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