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Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

8m

January 1, 1984 (41 years ago)

Overview

Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together countless times over the years, reading to audiences that sometimes numbered in the hundreds or thousands. On January 9, 1984, Robert Frank filmed Ginsberg reading his poem “White Shroud,” while Corso read a poem he had written the night before, some turgid verses on priapic preoccupations. — Museum of Modern Art

ActorAge thenAge now
Gregory Corso

Gregory Corso

Self

Birthday: March 26, 1930

53 January 17, 2001 (70)
Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Birthday: June 3, 1926

57 April 5, 1997 (70)
Peter Orlovsky

Peter Orlovsky

Self

Birthday: July 8, 1933

50 May 30, 2010 (76)