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Jean Genet and Allen Ginsberg, with Jeanette Seaver, wife of Richard Seaver, Genet’s editor at Grove Press, Chicago Democratic Convention, August 28, 1968. Esquire Magazine had commissioned him and Allen along with Terry Southern and William S Burroughs to cover the 1968 Democratic Convention. Genet, a last minute replacement for Samuel Beckett, was refused a visa for the trip because of his ‘criminal record’ and had to sneak across the border from Canada.  (photo: unknown / Ginsberg Collection, Stanford University)    #jeangenet #allenginsberg #1968democraticconvention #writers #frenchwriters #beatgeneration #flowerpower #ourladyoftheflowers #queer #gay #poetrycommunity #poets (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPLsA4Hhzm_/?utm_medium=tumblr

William S Burroughs, Carol Kauffman, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968. Esquire Magazine had commissioned them to write about the the 1968 Democratic Convention. Genet, who had to sneak across the border from Canada, was a last minute replacement for Samuel Beckett (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection) 
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 #jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #williamsburroughs #terrysouthern #michaelcooper #candy #themagicchristian #nakedlunch #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 #literature #beatliterature #poetry #poetrycommunity #esquire #drstrangelove #stanleykuberick #photography (at Grant Park, Chicago Ill) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoosceBRJz/?igshid=qcr4sfb7esva

• Allen Ginsberg chanting OM, Grant Park, Chicago,  during the riots at the Democratic National Convention, August 28, 1968. (Photo: unknown, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection)   • 50 years ago today Allen gave testimony at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial famously chanting OM and Hare Krishna for the jury as a demonstration of what he did in an attempt to calm the crowds during the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.   On Trial were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Bobby Seale, and Lee Weiner—charged with “conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests in Chicago” during the Convention two years prior. All were acquitted of conspiracy, with five of the eight convicted for inciting riots, but those were later overturned.   Currently Aaron Sorkin is shooting a film on the Trial with Shacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman.                  . • Judge: Did you say you continued chanting seven hours?                   . • AG: Seven hours, yes. About six hours I chanted OM and for the seventh hour concluded with the chant Hare krishna/hare krishna/krishna krishna/hare hare/ hare rama/hare rama/rama rama/hare hare.                   . • #chicagoconispiracytrial #om #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 #judgejuliushoffman #abbiehoffman #chicagoseven #chicagoeight #sachabaroncohen #aaronsorkin (at Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/B58sDLOB8Yu/?igshid=3xopy721iw6x

William S Burroughs, Carol Kauffman, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968. Esquire Magazine had commissioned them to write about the the 1968 Democratic Convention. Genet, who had to sneak across the border from Canada, was a last minute replacement for Samuel Becket (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection)  #jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #williamsburroughs #terrysouthern #michaelcooper #candy #themagicchristian #nakedlunch #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 #literature #beatliterature #poetry #poetrycommunity #esquire #drstrangelove #stanleykuberick #photography (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_JYPtH2z2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rrnaospfilxg

William S Burroughs, Terry Southern, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968.  (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection) #jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #williamsburroughs #terrysouthern #michaelcooper #candy #themagicchristian #nakedlunch #beatgeneration #chicago #chicago1968 https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAKQVTFOx4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rlmuqevtriot

Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Chicago August 28, 1968.  (Photo: Michael Cooper, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Collection) #jeangenet #allenginsberg #notredamdesfleurs #ourladyoftheflowers #1968 #1968democraticconvention #allenginsberg #chicago (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bom0YG2FCJm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b942grcepk7p

From • @allenginsbergofficial Jean Genet and Allen Ginsberg, Chicago Democratic Convention, August 28, 1968. Esquire Magazine had commissioned him and Allen along with Terry Southern and William S Burroughs to cover the 1968 Democratic Convention. Genet, a last minute replacement for Samuel Beckett, was refused a visa for the trip because of his ‘criminal record’ and had to sneak across the border from Canada.   No idea who the woman and child here are. The woman is seen in several other photos with Burroughs and Terry Southern.  (photo: unknown / Ginsberg Collection, Stanford University)    It was Jean Genet’s birthday yesterday. Born in Paris in 1910,  110 years ago.   #jeangenet #allenginsberg #1968democraticconvention #writers #frenchwriters #beatgeneration #flowerpower #ourladyoftheflowers #queer #gay #poetrycommunity #poets https://www.instagram.com/p/COz3jlap4iQuxA5iTaGithwfywWfF2FJEo7hdk0/?igshid=1dofelj9qkn0n