Steve SilbermanRIP #DanielEllsberg. This account of how #poet Gary Snyder inspired the Pentagon Papers whistleblower is one of the most fascinating and least-known literary anecdotes of all time. Via #BeatGeneration scholar Randy Roark.
J. Martin@stevesilberman Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m too young for having been influenced by beat poets directly, but I’ve always had this vague feeling they’ve been incredibly important, without being able to nail it down why.
Pat@gyokusai Please treat yourself to hearing Charles Laughton read a portion of "Dharma Bums" and then tie Kerouac, Henry Moore and Chartres Cathedral all together in the beautiful continuum of human creativity.You will then be able to nail it down! NPR plays this particular audio every Thanksgiving but you can find it anytime on Google or YouTube. I am not good at inserting links or I would. I think it is called Laughton Chartes Cathedral. Abt 20 min long. Listen to whole thing. Worth yr time
@patrascan thank you!! 🙏
@gyokusai You are welcome. I have heard it a half dozen times and am profoundly moved every time.