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Happy Birthday, Mr. Ginsberg

The beat poet would have been 83.

by
Sara Ivry
June 03, 2009

Allen Ginsburg would have turned 83 today. We’ll celebrate him with his musical rendition of “Father Death Blues,” the poem with which he once said he wanted to be remembered.

Sara Ivry is the host of Vox Tablet, Tablet Magazine’s weekly podcast. Follow her on Twitter@saraivry.