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FERLINGHETTI'S ‘ALLEN GINSBERG DYING’

February 25, 2021 by DAVID M KATZ in Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg

Both Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg were strongly influenced by Buddhism, and you can feel in “Allen Ginsberg Dying” the influence of the Zen teaching that you must acknowledge the reality of mortality in order to fully embrace existence.

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February 25, 2021 /DAVID M KATZ
Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg
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