Revisiting the 'Fresh Air' interview with poet Allen Ginsberg

A new tribute album offers musical interpretations of Ginsberg's poems. The poet and countercultural activist spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about his poem "Howl," which was inspired by his mother.

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