The Riverside Interviews, 1. Allen Ginsberg

London: Binnacle Press, 1980. First Edition, 1/600. 51pp. Quarto [29 cm] Side stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Signed by Ginsberg on the title page. Illustrated with black and white views throughout. Printed in an edition of 600 copies. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was one of the principal members of the Beat Generation in the 1950s and later an icon of the counter-culture movement in the 1960s. His poem, The Howl, is the best-known single work of the Beat Poets. He published a number of books of poetry receiving the National Book Award in 1974 for The Fall of America. Ginsberg was a practicing Buddhist who took part in numerous protests against imperialism, militarism, sexual repression, and censorship.