The Essential Ginsberg
“Peter Orlovsky legs crossed handsome mysterious haired, Wm. Burroughs thoughtful with hat to shade Mediterranean sun and camera, Allen Ginsberg white pants earnest, Alan Ansen resolute visiting from Venice to help type Post-Naked Lunch apocalyptic cut-ups, Gregory Corso sunglassed and Minox’d, Ian Sommerville assisting sound collage electronics & stroboscope Alpha rhythm Dream Machine experiments with Bill B. and Brion Gysin then in town, Paul Bowles squinting in bright midday light seated on ground, all assembled outside Bill’s single room, my Kodak Retina in Michael Portman’s hands, old garden Villa Muneria, Tanger Maroc 1961 July.”