Wisdom from Gregory Corso (GC) and Allen Ginsberg (AG). Corso and Ginsberg have just discovered that their Naropa students (in 1975) aren’t familiar with Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”, which occasions the following exchange: AG: “The Ode to the West Wind” — when I was going to high school that was standard. GC: Standard AG: Everybody would get that in the ’40’s. They didn’t teach that in high school? What are they teaching? Student: Your stuff. AG: In high school? Student: Sure, in high school, that’s what they’re teaching. AG: That’s a degeneration.Read More