Family Business Selected Letters Between a Father and Son

by Ginsberg, Allen; Ginsberg, Louis; Schumacher, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781582342160
• ISBN10: 1582342164
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-07
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

A touching look into the heart and family of one of America's greatest poets. As a literary portrait of a father and son, little can match the eloquence and honesty of this collection of letters, written between Allen Ginsberg and his father, Louis, spanning the years 1944 to 1976. Their correspondence is filled with affection, respect, and a healthy dose of argumentative zeal-they debate every major political and artistic issue that faced America in over three decades of extraordinary change. But the letters also tell of a strong bond of intimacy and affection between the two, revealing just how crucial that closeness was to the development of Allen Ginsberg's art.

Author Biography

Michael Schumacher wrote Dharma Lion, the acclaimed biography of Allen Ginsberg, and is also the author of the biographies of Eric Clapton, Phil Ochs, and Francis Ford Coppola. He began researching Family Business in 1994, when Ginsberg first agreed to the project.

Table of Contents

Book	xvii
Allen
Louis Ginsberg
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	xxi
Editor's Note	xxxi
Early Correspondence	1	(34)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n d (ca August 1944)	3	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Hannah Litzky, January 16, 1945	4	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Lionel Trilling, February 21, 1945	5	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. 1945)	6	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 8, 1945	7	(1)
Louis Ginsberg cc Allen Ginsberg, September 14, 1945	8	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, November 2, 1945	9	(2)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, July 23, 1947	11	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 1, 1947	12	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 18, 1947	13	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, September 3, 1947	14	(2)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, September 12, 1947	16	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 15, 1947	18	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, July 11, 1948	19	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, July 23, 1948	20	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. 1948)	21	(2)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. Fall 1948)	23	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 6, 1948	24	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Lionel Trilling, June 29, 1949	25	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 30, 1954	27	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, Eugene Brooks, and Family, July 10, 1954	28	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, December 12, 1955	31	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, December 14, 1955	32	(3)
1956	35	(24)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, February 29, 1956	35	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. late March 1956)	36	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, March 31, 1956	39	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, April 26, 1956	40	(3)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, April 28, 1956	43	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Eugene Brooks, May 16, 1956	44	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 20, 1956	45	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, May 27, 1956	46	(3)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, May 28, 1956	49	(1)
Naomi Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, n.d. June 11, 1956 (postmarked)	50	(1)
Eugene Brooks to Allen Ginsberg, June 11, 1956	51	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 20, 1956	52	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 4, 1956	53	(2)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 13, 1956	55	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 13, 1956	56	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 13, 1956	57	(2)
1957	59	(24)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, June 1957	59	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 26, 1957	60	(3)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, August 10, 1957	63	(4)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 26, 1957	67	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, September 1, 1957	68	(3)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. early September 1957)	71	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis and Edith Ginsberg, September 30, 1957	72	(2)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, October 19 and November 6, 1957	74	(4)
Louis Brooks, Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, November 20, 1957	78	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 30, 1957	80	(3)
1958	83	(34)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis and Edith Ginsberg, January 14, 1958	83	(3)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, March 2, 1958	86	(12)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, March 6, 1958	98	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, March 10, 1958	100	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 10, 1958	101	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 16, 1958	102	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. Late April 1958)	104	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 23, 1958	107	(3)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 24, 1958	110	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 4, 1958	112	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 4, 1958	113	(4)
1959	117	(12)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 12, 1959	117	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 14, 1959	118	(3)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, May 20, 1959	121	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 24, 1959	123	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. Late October 1959)	124	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, October 23, 1959	125	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, November 21, 1959	126	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, December 27, 1959	127	(2)
1960	129	(14)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, March 8, 1960	129	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 4, 1961	130	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 21, 1961	131	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 2, 1960	132	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 10, 1960	134	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 21, 1960	135	(2)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 8, 1960	137	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 18, 1960	140	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, September 19, 1960	140	(3)
1961	143	(30)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, February 24, 1961	143	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, March 2, 1961	143	(7)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, June 12, 1961	150	(5)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 27, 1961	155	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, August 3, 1961	157	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 8, 1961	158	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 15, 1961	159	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. lace August 1961)	160	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, September 2, 1961	161	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. fall 1961)	162	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, October 16, 1961	163	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 26, 1961	165	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 2, 1961	165	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. November 1961)	166	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, November 17, 1961	168	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 25, 1961	169	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, December 9, 1961	170	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, December 27, 1961	171	(2)
1962	173	(24)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, January 21, 1962	173	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, January 30, 1962	174	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, March 16, 1962	175	(2)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, March 20, 1962	177	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis and Edith Ginsberg, April 21, 1962	178	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, July 27, 1962	179	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, August 5,1962	180	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 13, 1962	182	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 10, 1962	183	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 25, 1962	184	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 8, 1962	187	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, October 19, 1962	188	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 29, 1962	190	(2)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, December 7, 1962	192	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, December 17, 1962	195	(2)
1963	197	(24)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, January 10, 1963	197	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, March 10, 1963	199	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, March 23, 1963	201	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, April 8, 1963	203	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 15, 1963	205	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. early May 1963)	206	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 13, 1963	208	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 22, 1963	209	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 14 and June 22, 1963	210	(3)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 17, 1963	213	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, August 16, 1963	215	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 23, 1963	216	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, August 28, 1963	217	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 9, 1963	217	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 4, 1963	218	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 12, 1963	218	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, November 6, 1963	219	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, November 23, 1963	220	(1)
1964	221	(4)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, July 26, 1964	221	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 10, 1964	222	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 30, 1964	223	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 2, 1964	223	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, December 25, 1964	224	(1)
1965	225	(28)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, February 5, 1965	225	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, March 1, 1965	227	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, March 2, 1965	228	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, March 3, 1965	229	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. March 1965)	230	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, March 22, 1965	231	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, March 29, 1965	232	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, April 10, 1965	233	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 15, 1965	234	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 21, 1965	234	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Eugene Brooks, May 25, 1965	235	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, June 1, 1965	236	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, September 27, 1965	236	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 6, 1965	238	(3)
A!!en Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 19, 1965	241	(4)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, November 23, 1965	245	(3)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 29, 1965	248	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, December 10, 1965	251	(2)
1966	253	(14)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 6, 1966	253	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 9, 1966	254	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 12, 1966	254	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 27, 1966	255	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Gsnsberg, May 23, 1966	256	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 31, 1966	257	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 20, 1966	258	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 8, 1966	258	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Hannah Litzky, August 16, 1966	259	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 29, 1966	260	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 30, 1966	261	(3)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 27, 1966	264	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, December 8, 1966	265	(2)
1967	267	(8)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, March 25, 1967	267	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 26, 1967	268	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 4, 1967	268	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, September 12, 1967	269	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, September 13, 1967	270	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 18, 1967	272	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, October 17, 1967	273	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 21, 1967	274	(1)
1968	275	(6)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 19, 1968	275	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 9, 1968	276	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 13, 1968	277	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, November 16, 1968	278	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, December 7, 1968	279	(2)
1969	281	(24)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, January 25, 1969	281	(1)
Louis Ginsberg: ``My Son, the Poet''	282	(6)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, January 31, 1969	288	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, January 31, 1969	289	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 30, 1969	290	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 19, 1969	291	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, July 4, 1969	292	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, July 7, 1969	293	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 26, 1969	293	(1)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 3, 1969	294	(1)
Allen Giasberg ``Confrontation with Louis Ginsberg's Poems''	295	(8)
Louis Giasberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 3, 1969	303	(2)
1970	305	(14)
Louis to Allen Ginsberg, February 10, 1970	305	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, February 15, 1970	306	(4)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, February 17, 1970	310	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 7, 1970	311	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, May 5, 1970	312	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 25, 1970	313	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 27, 1970	314	(2)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, June 5, 1970	316	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 1970	318	(1)
1971	319	(8)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis and Edith Ginsberg, April 12, 1971	319	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, April 19, 1971	320	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, May 3, 1971	321	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, May 5, 1971	322	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, May 24, 1971	323	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 18, 1971	324	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. December 1971)	325	(2)
1972	327	(14)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, January 7, 1972	327	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, January 11, 1972	327	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, February 10, 1972	328	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, February 15, 1972	329	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, February 17, 1972	330	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, February 20, 1972	331	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, February 20, 1972	331	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, March 16, 1972	332	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, March 24, 1972	333	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, April 19, 1972	333	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis and Edith Ginsberg, May 24, 1972	333	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, July 12, 1972	334	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, July 21, 1972	335	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 24, 1972	336	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 26, 1972	337	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 27, l972	338	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, November 10, 1972	339	(2)
1973	341	(16)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, February 12, 1973	341	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 5, 1973	341	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, May 22, 1973	342	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 31, 1973	343	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, June 23, 1973	343	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 29, 1973	344	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. early July 1973)	344	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, July 21, 1973	346	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 17, 1973	347	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, September 21, 1973	347	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, n.d. (ca. fall 1973)	347	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, October 14, 1973	348	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, December 1, 1973	350	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, December 22, 1973	350	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, December 28, 1973	351	(6)
1974	357	(20)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, January 9, 1974	357	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to I.ouis Ginsberg, January 28, 1974	358	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, February 16, 1974	359	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to the Editors of Liberation, March 16, 1974	361	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, March 16, 1974	361	(2)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, April 22, 1974	363	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 1, 1974	364	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 13, 1974	364	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, June 18, 1974	365	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, June 27, 1974	366	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, July 10, 1974	367	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, July 15, 1974	368	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis Ginsberg, July 22, 1974	369	(1)
Louis Ginsberg co Allen Ginsberg, August 12, 1974	370	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, August 13, 1974	371	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 8, 1974	372	(2)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, September 12, 1974	374	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, September 30, 1974	375	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, October 5, 1974	375	(2)
1975	377	(6)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, August 9, 1975	377	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, October 27, 1975	378	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 4, 1975	379	(1)
Louis Ginsberg to Allen Ginsberg, November 7, 1975	379	(1)
Allen Ginsberg co Louis and Edith Ginsberg, November 10, 1975	380	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, November 18, 1975	380	(3)
1976	383	(4)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, January 28, 1976	383	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, February 1, 1976	384	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, April 4, 1976	384	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis Ginsberg, May 21, 1976	385	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, May 23, 1976	386	(1)
Allen Ginsberg to Louis and Edith Ginsberg, June 14, 1976	386	(1)
Postscript	387	(10)
Index	397