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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in Gregory Corso's Poems and Drawings #11050-z, Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Phoenix Book Store, New York, N.Y., in February 1975.

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• American poetry--20th century.
• Beat generation.
• Corso, Gregory.
• Drawing, American--20th century.

Gregory Corso (1930- ) was a poet of the Beat movement; he is often associated with Allen Ginsberg. Corso's published works include "The Vestal Lady on Brattle" (1955), "Gasoline" (1958), and "The Happy Birthday of Death" (1960).

The collection is a spiral-bound notebook of handwritten poems and drawings signed by the author. The front cover is marked "1974 Corso Poems from 1960's." About thirty pages include writing or drawings.