A dramatic portrait of America's iconoclastic poet, THE POETRY AND LIFE OF ALLEN GINSBERG reveals in fascinating detail the man and artist through the eyes and in the voice of a Ginsberg intimate, a fellow poet and admirer, who shared the outlook and the time with one of the century's most outspoken and controversial literary figures. Sanders' poem leads us through history as witnessed and created by Ginsberg, introducing us to friend and foe, the luminaries and ordinary folk that populated Ginsberg's teeming world. A dazzling, humorous, passionate journey - The Beat Goes On!