Jan. 25

Allen Ginsberg was here and he asked me if I had ‘Kaddish’ and I
said yeah and spent the rest of the dream looking for it.

(Poem is reprinted from A Fresh Young Voice from the Plains, power mad press, 1981, republished by Fonograf, 2026.)

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  • Eileen Myles

    Cuthwulf Eileen Myles is a poet currently working on an enormous novel. Some previous titles are Chelsea Girls, a "Working Life", and Inferno (a poet's novel). They live in the east village & Marfa Texas. Meeting Allen in the 70s was a defining moment in their life.

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