Drafts of Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky Interview by James McKenzie: March 22, 1974 (published in The Beat Journey)

The first series relates to the 5th Annual University of North Dakota Writer’s Conference, “City Lights in North Dakota”, which was held in March 1974. The featured authors/artists were Gregory Corso, Allan Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, and Peter Orlovsky. The Writer’s Conference material consists of newspaper articles in the Dakota Student and Grand Forks Herald, and an article in the North American Review about the week-long event. Also included is biographical information, correspondence, and interviews of the featured authors as well as materials from their readings. Interviews with Ginsberg, Orlovsky, and McClure were published in The Beat Journey, while an interview by McKenzie of Gary Snyder was published in The Beat Diary.