Naropa University Free Lectures

Allen Ginsberg class on Beat literary history of the 1950's, discussing William S. Burroughs's book Junky and his first meeting with Herman Hunke.

Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg lecture on dharma poetics…

First half of a class with Allen Ginsberg discussing vividness and close observation in writing, particularly the writers who do it, including Walt Whitman, haiku, Jack Kerouac, Reznikoff, Imagists and William Carlos Williams.

A Peter Lamborn Wilson lecture on the role of the poet in interpreting archaeology, anthropology, and human pre-history.

First half of a class with William S. Burroughs discussing various sources for writing, including dreams, voices (external and internal), and cut-up, giving examples from his own work.

Allen Ginsberg class on steps of revising autobiographical poems.

An Anne Waldman and Allen Ginsberg poetry reading. Waldman reads "Fast Speaking Woman" and other poems. Ginsberg reads "Howl" in its entirety, and other poems.

First half of a class by William S. Burroughs on the technology and the ethics of wishing.

In this archive lecture from Naropa University recorded in 1984, beat poets Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs discuss their views on writing.

A lecture by William S. Burroughs on public discourse, with an introduction by Allen Ginsberg.