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The Maternal Body in Allen Ginsberg's Poetics: "O mother/with . . . a long black beard around the vagina"

Panel: 
Poetry and Poetics IV: The Intimate Public Sphere
Abstract: 

The buried subject of “Howl” is Ginsberg’s mentally ill mother, Naomi Ginsberg, and the decision to authorize her lobotomy. In “Kaddish,” Ginsberg tells his mother’s story, explores the maternal body, and locates his poetic origins within his mother’s paranoid mind.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Hannah
Last Name: 
Baker
Institution: 
University of York, England