Memoir / Writing

0-920159-83-4 

$16.95 CDN / $10.95 US

6 x 9 - 112 pages - paper

BISAC: BIO007000 - PHI015000 - PHI003000

Author: Trevor Carolan

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"The reader enters the teachings of a master through the eyes of an insightful student. This book will engage and educate anyone interested in the poetics of life."
- Sheri-D Wilson

"It was May 1985, and I'd just returned from Asia. Rex Wyler had called: Allen Ginsberg was flying in to lead a retreat at Hollyhock Farm on remote Cortes Island off the coast of British Columbia. was I interested in a fellowship?" For Trevor Carolan, journalist, aspiring poet, and fan of Ginsberg's poetic and politics, the opportunity couldn't be turned down. Giving Up Poetry recounts Carolan's own transformation under Ginsberg's influence, and reveals an intimate portrait of Ginsberg as both an icon and inspiring leader, and a man of appetites, disappointments, wisdom and lusts.

Contents:
To the Island
At Hollyhock
First Gathering
Cortes, 6:35 A.M.
Chaos, Meditation, Poetry
Sudden Poetics
Awareness Practice Poetics
Three Aspects of Mind Form
Epiphanies
Presenting Allen Ginsberg
Mexico City Blues
Satori in the Himalayas
Giving Up Poetry
Hollyhock Tub Quartet
Rhythms of Active Emotion
Rules for Revision Are Really Rules for Composition
Afternoon Blues and Scats
Like Basho's Frog
Letting Go
Back on the Buddha Trail

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