Mero, John C.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an American poet and -- with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac -- a seminal member of the Beat Generation. Ginsberg is best known for the poem Howl (1956), celebrating his fellow Beats and attacking what he saw as the destructive forces of materialism and conformity in the United States at the time.

John Mero is a graduate of Syracuse University and Assistant Professor of Government at Campbell University. His wife, Ali Stieglitz, was head of development and public relations for ARISE in Syracuse.

From the guide to the Allen Ginsberg Interview, 1993, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)