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Allen Ginsberg's "Siesta in Xbalba"

Reading one of Ginsberg's earlier - and overlooked - poems from his time in Mexico

Greetings from Mexico City. As I mentioned in my previous post for paid-subscribers, I recently finished reading The Beats in Mexico by David Stephen Colonne.

The book is an excellent anthology of the Beat Generation writers’ time in Mexico, as well as a detailed examination of how Mexican culture and mythology inspired them.

I spent my birthday at the …

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