ACAlexander Cheves

1. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Alexander Cheves

   Beat legend, ‘boy lover’: how should we reckon with Allen Ginsberg’s complex legacy? (opens the original)

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   As a series of star-studded events celebrates Ginsberg’s centennial, the keeper of his estate weighs the genius poetry – and provocative views – of the iconic writer In 1985 Allen Ginsberg sat his friend, an out gay 17-year-old named Peter Hale, down and gave some advice: “Get a wife, settle down, and have kids.” At the time, Hale was enrolled in a summer program at Naropa University, a Buddhism-inspired college where Ginsberg, 59, ran the writing program. “He told me not to live the

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