Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words: Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer Barbara Smith (With) and the struggle to live

and the struggle to live is unending

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Gwen Verdon

a vital anthology of essays by trans and gender-nonconforming writers of color

Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words: Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer Barbara Smith (With) and the struggle to liveUntil now, the poet Peter Orlovsky, who was Allen Ginsberg's lover for more than forty years, has been the neglected member of the Beat Generation. Because he lived in Ginsberg's shadow, his achievements were seldom noted and his contributions to literature have not been fully recognised. Now, this first collection of Orlovsky's writings traces his fascinating life in his own words. It also tells, for the first time, the intimate story of his