Gregory Corso's Poems and Drawings, 1960s

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Gregory Corso's Poems and Drawings, 1960s

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Gregory Corso (1930- ) was a poet of the Beat movement; he is often associated with Allen Ginsberg. Corso's published works include (1955), (1958), and (1960). The Vestal Lady on Brattle Gasoline The Happy Birthday of Death The collection is a spiral-bound notebook of handwritten poems and drawings signed by the author. The front cover is marked About thirty pages include writing or drawings. 1974 Corso Poems from 1960's.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers.

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Corso, Gregory

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American writer, primarily of poetry, Corso was born in New York City in 1930. He worked as a migrant laborer, newspaper reporter for the L.A. Examiner, and merchant seaman before joining the English Department at SUNY Buffalo in 1965. In the mid-1950s he began to give public readings of his poetry, often sharing the stage with other Beat poets. His 1958 volume, GASOLINE, marks the beginning of his long association with San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore and the Bay Area in general, which fig...