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{{short description|Book by Allen Ginsberg}}
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[[Image:PlanetNews.jpg|thumb|1st edition cover]]
[[Image:PlanetNews.jpg|thumb|First edition]]


'''''Planet News''''' is a book of poetry written by [[Allen Ginsberg]] and published by [[City Lights]]. It is number twenty three in the [[Pocket Poets]] series. It contains poems written by Ginsberg between 1961 and 1967, many written during his travels to [[India]], [[Japan]], [[Europe]], [[Africa]], and many other places. Poems in this collection include:
'''''Planet News''''' is a book of poetry written by [[Allen Ginsberg]] and published by [[City Lights Bookstore]] in 1968. It is number twenty three in the [[Pocket Poets]] series.<ref name="Morgan" /> It contains poems written by Ginsberg between 1961 and 1967, many written during his travels to India, Japan, Europe, Africa, and many other places.<ref name="Heims" /> Poems in this collection include:<ref name="Morgan" />


*"Television was a Baby Crawling Toward that Deathchamber"
*"Television was a Baby Crawling Toward that Deathchamber"
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*"Stotras to [[Kali]] Destroyer of Illusions"
*"Stotras to [[Kali]] Destroyer of Illusions"
*"Describe: The Rain on Dasaswamedh"
*"Describe: The Rain on Dasaswamedh"
*"Death News" -- about his first reactions upon hearing of the death of [[William Carlos Williams]]
*"Death News"—about his first reactions upon hearing of the death of [[William Carlos Williams]]
*"The Change: [[Kyoto]]-[[Tokyo]] Express"
*"The Change: [[Kyoto]]-[[Tokyo]] Express"
*"Why is God Love, Jack?" -- addressing [[Jack Kerouac]]
*"Why is God Love, Jack?"—addressing [[Jack Kerouac]]
*"After [[Yeats]]"
*"After [[Yeats]]"
*"I am a Victim of Telephone"
*"I am a Victim of Telephone"
*"Kral Majales" -- about being nominated "[[The King of May]]"
*"Kral Majales"—about being nominated "[[The King of May]]"
*"Who Be Kind To"
*"Who Be Kind To"
*"First Party at [[Ken Kesey]]'s with [[Hells Angels|Hell's Angels]]"
*"First Party at [[Ken Kesey]]'s with [[Hells Angels|Hell's Angels]]"
*"[[Wichita Vortex Sutra]]"
*"[[Wichita Vortex Sutra]]"
*"City Midnight Junk Strains"
*"City Midnight Junk Strains"
*"[[Wales]] Visitation"
*"Wales Visitation"

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Morgan">{{cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Bill |date=1995 |title=The works of Allen Ginsberg, 1941-1994 : a descriptive bibliography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQXGyLPv1bwC |series=Bibliographies and indexes in American Literature |issue=19 |location=Westport |publisher=Greenwood |pages=24–26 |isbn=9780313293894 |issn=0742-6860 |lccn=94-41266 |oclc=650305543 |accessdate=13 November 2014 |via=Google Books }}</ref>
<ref name="Heims">{{cite book |last1=Heims |first1=Neil |title=Allen Ginsberg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfhbAgAAQBAJ |type=e-book |series=Great Writers |year=2013 |location=New York |publisher=Chelsea House |publication-date=2013 |isbn=9781438148366 |accessdate=13 November 2014 |via=Google Books }}</ref>
}}

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Latest revision as of 22:39, 27 September 2023

First edition

Planet News is a book of poetry written by Allen Ginsberg and published by City Lights Bookstore in 1968. It is number twenty three in the Pocket Poets series.[1] It contains poems written by Ginsberg between 1961 and 1967, many written during his travels to India, Japan, Europe, Africa, and many other places.[2] Poems in this collection include:[1]

  • "Television was a Baby Crawling Toward that Deathchamber"
  • "This form of Life needs Sex"
  • "Stotras to Kali Destroyer of Illusions"
  • "Describe: The Rain on Dasaswamedh"
  • "Death News"—about his first reactions upon hearing of the death of William Carlos Williams
  • "The Change: Kyoto-Tokyo Express"
  • "Why is God Love, Jack?"—addressing Jack Kerouac
  • "After Yeats"
  • "I am a Victim of Telephone"
  • "Kral Majales"—about being nominated "The King of May"
  • "Who Be Kind To"
  • "First Party at Ken Kesey's with Hell's Angels"
  • "Wichita Vortex Sutra"
  • "City Midnight Junk Strains"
  • "Wales Visitation"

References

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  1. ^ a b Morgan, Bill (1995). The works of Allen Ginsberg, 1941-1994 : a descriptive bibliography. Bibliographies and indexes in American Literature. Westport: Greenwood. pp. 24–26. ISBN 9780313293894. ISSN 0742-6860. LCCN 94-41266. OCLC 650305543. Retrieved 13 November 2014 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Heims, Neil (2013). Allen Ginsberg (e-book). Great Writers. New York: Chelsea House. ISBN 9781438148366. Retrieved 13 November 2014 – via Google Books.


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