Tibetan Buddhists from the United States - Steven Seagal, Sharon Stone, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Gere, Stacey Q, Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Steven Seagal, Sharon Stone, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Gere, Stacey Q, Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo, B. Alan Wallace, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, Alex Grey, Reginald Ray, Alexander Berzin, Osel Tendzin, Brian Cutillo, Michael Roach, Pema Chodron, Robert Thurman, Surya Das, MCA, Anne C. Klein, John Makransky, John Myrdhin Reynolds, Thubten Chodron, E. Gene Smith, Carey Lowell, Geshe Gyeltsen, Ngawang Wangyal, Donald S. Lopez, Jr., Erdne Ombadykow, Jan Willis, Lama Sarah Harding, Jarvis Jay Masters, Rita M. Gross, Daja Wangchuk Meston, Judith Simmer-Brown, Robin Kornman, Robert Ernest Dickhoff, Herman Vetterling, Jigme Lodro Rinpoche, Dezhung Rinpoche. Excerpt: Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997) was an American poet who vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression. In the 1950s, Ginsberg was a leading figure of the Beat Generation. Ginsberg's epic poem "Howl," in which he celebrates his fellow "angel-headed hipsters" and harshly denounces what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States, is one of the classic poems of the Beat Generation. The poem, dedicated to writer Carl Solomon, has the opening: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed bymadness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawnlooking for an angry fix... In October 1955, Ginsberg and five other unknown poets gave a free reading at an experimental art gallery in San Francisco. Ginsberg's "Howl" electrified the audience. According to fellow poet Michael McClure, it was clear "that a barrier had been broken, that a human voice and body had been hurled against the harsh wall of America and its supporting armies and navies and academies and institutions and ownership systems and power support bases." In 1957, "Howl" attracted widespread publicity when ...