Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words: Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer

325 Pages·2014·12.392 MB·English

by  Peter Orlovsky, Bill Morgan

Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words
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Peter Orlovsky,
a Life in Words
Intimate Chronicles
of a Beat Writer
Edited by
Bill Morgan
First published 2014 by Paradigm Publishers
Published 2016 by Routledge
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Orlovsky, Peter, 1933–2010.
Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words : Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer / Peter Orlovsky,
edited by Bill Morgan.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61205-582-4 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN 978-1-31563-284-1 ( eBook)
1.Orlovsky, Peter, 1933–2010. 2. Authors, American—20th century—Biography. 3. Beat
generation—Biography. 4. Gay men’s writings, American. I. Morgan, Bill, 1949– editor of
compilation. II. Title.
PS3565.R58Z46 2014
811'.54—dc23
[B]
2013046454
ISBN 13: 978-1-61205-582-4 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-1-61205-583-1 (pbk)
For Peter and his family:
Kate, Oleg, Nick, Julius, Lafcadio, and Marie
Peter, Lafcadio, Kate, and Marie Orlovsky, July 26, 1987, Long Island.
Photo Courtesy of Allen Ginsberg Trust.
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my imagination of an eternal boy
walks on the streets of San Francisco
—Allen Ginsberg, “Malest Cornifici Tuo Catullo”
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Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction xxiii
Chapter 1 San Francisco, 1954–1956 1
Chapter 2 Morocco and Europe, 1957 52
Chapter 3 New York, 1958–1960 82
Chapter 4 The Mediterranean, 1961 124
Chapter 5 India, 1962–1963 175
Chapter 6 America and the Farm, 1964–1969 214
Chapter 7 The Later Years, 1970–2010 240
Index 285
Index of Orlovsky's Poems by First Line 289
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