Gregory Corso papers, 1957-1980.

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Gregory Corso papers, 1957-1980.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28417551

Manuscripts of poetry (published and unpublished), ms. of essay entitled The Literary Revolution in America (1957), notebook (ca. 1970), and minor correspondence.

.25 linear ft.

University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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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...