1.0Philadelphia Gay Newshttps://epgn.comRay Simonhttps://epgn.com/author/ray-simon/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://epgn.com/2022/04/24/allen-ginsberg-was-a-political-poet/">Allen Ginsberg was a political poet</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://epgn.com/2022/04/24/allen-ginsberg-was-a-political-poet/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Allen Ginsberg was a political poet” — Philadelphia Gay News" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://i0.wp.com/epgn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Allen-Ginsberg.jpg?fit=1200%2C776&ssl=11200776Allen Ginsberg, the celebrated poet, counterculture icon, and out gay man, died 25 years ago, on April 5, 1997.  In a recent interview, the musician Patti Smith described Ginsberg’s final days. Confined to bed, she recalled, he listened to Big Mama Thornton while the composer Philip Glass and the poet’s lifelong companion, Peter Orlovsky, kept […]