Ruth Weiss, Beat Poet
Jul 24, 2014•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 107
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Episode description
Ruth Weiss is a legendary beat poet with an epic life. We discuss what it was like to be a woman among the Beats. the beginning of her bohemian trek, tensions with Allen Ginsberg and driving around S.F in stolen cars with Neil Cassidy & Jack Kerouac. Ms. Weiss' partner Hal Davis joins in on the conversation and plays his percussion log under a few of Ruth's trance inducing poems.
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