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TED: Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke
Reflecting on moments that shaped his life, actor Ethan Hawke examines how courageous expression promotes healing and connection with one another -- and invites you to discover your own unabashed creativity. "There is no path till you...
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Did You Know? In 60 Seconds: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"
Learn more about Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl."
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Allen Ginsberg chanting, closeup
Part of a Youth International Party film about the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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The WireImage Entertainment Report WEEK IN REVIEW 1/29/2010
The WireImage Entertainment Report WEEK IN REVIEW 1/29/2010 (Footage by Getty Images)
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Howl by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman reconstruct the poem that defined the Beat Generation in their new film, Howl. The influential poem takes centre stage alongside the film's main protagonist, American poet Allen Ginsberg, played...
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The boy wizard is all grown up! Daniel Radcliffe turns 30 on July 23
THE BOY WIZARD IS ALL GROWN UP! DANIEL RADCLIFFE TURNS 30 ON JULY 23
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Former New Jersey Poet Laureate Amiri Baraka is among several poets who used the election of Barack Obama as inspiration to write
Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died. He was 79.
His booking agent,...
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Amy Poehler, Chris Parnell, more perform at event honoring Allen Ginsberg
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A crowd gathers for an anti-war demonstration while poet Allen Ginsberg gives a speech.
A crowd gathers for an anti-war demonstration while poet Allen Ginsberg gives a speech.
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Pbs Learning Media: Poetry in America: Hymmnn and Hum Bom!
Although we think of a poem as something read from a book, poet Allen Ginsberg knew that poetry's power did not depend upon print, and he drew on the traditions of religious and ritual communities in writing verse that would elevate the...