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When Bernie Sanders Walked Out of Allen Ginsberg's Poetry Reading

JL;DR SUMMARY The intriguing interaction between Allen Ginsberg and Bernie Sanders, captured in a photograph from 1983, provides a lens into the dynamic between two influential figures. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PoetryBernie SandersSocialismAllen GinsbergBurlingtonCultural Expression1983Steven TaylorPhyllis SeguraPublic Reading

Places mentioned

Burlington, Vermont, United States
"poet, whose outlook reflected socialist ideas and the socialist mayor of Burlington, Vermont together in Sanderss office."
New York, United States
"Segura told the Forward, from her home in upstate New York."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Reached in Brooklyn, he said he remembered the encounter, says it was a very pleasant, cordial discussion, but the years have eclipsed just what was said."

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