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Thursday, September 10, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
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nothing of Ginsberg's, but my fiction teacher suggested it."
After fastening his microphone in place, Ginsberg told the audience he would perform works he had written since 1890. He sang three recent songs with death themes. But then he wrote a poem in 1956 and continued to mix the new and the old throughout the evening.
His poems dealt with causes or people such as Nicaragua, Buddhism, Jerry Fallow and plutonium protests. Once, he sarcastically thrashed every ethnic group except Australian aboriginals.
"Let them rule the world," Ginsberg said.
"It was very exciting,very invigor-
berg sau.
Marie Kelly, Tulsa, Okla., junior,
liked Ginsberg's energy.
ating," she said. "I love the way Ginsberg got so involved in what he was reading."
Allen Ginsberg ended his performance with a sing-a-long. The audience clapped and chanted along with him, "all the hills echoed."
Ginsberg quit singing, but the crowd continued. When they stopped, he left to a standing ovation.
River City Reunion activities
■ Book signings by Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Frankie Edie Kerenau Parker will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Oread Book Shop in the Kansas Union.
Readings by Robert Day, Gary
■ John Mortiz of Tansy Press will talk at 1 p.m. in the Pine Room of the university Union about poetry and law in lawrence in the 1960s and 1970s.
Brown, Tamara Dubin Brown and Philip Wedge will be from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
p. m. to 9 p.m. at the Lawrence Arts Center, Ninth and Vermont streets.
**Readings by Jim Thomas, Tom Lorenze, Sharon Hansen, Keith Denniston, Bill Holm and John Resmerzki will be from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union.**
Readings by Victor Contoski and others are scheduled from 7
■ Marienne Faithful will perform with Fernando Saunders, Michael McClure and Danny Sugarman from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. Tickets are $7.
Club Babaloo West is scheduled to have open-mike readings at 9 p.m. at the rear entrance of Hoch.
Book stores feature beat writings
By a Kansan reporter
With several famous beat authors in town this week for the River City Reunion, why not pick up a few good books to keep up with the beat?
Bill Getz, Oread Book Shop supervisor, said the store was displaying books by beat authors such as Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Timothy Leary and poets Michael McClure and Jim Carroll.
And the authors of those books and others will be at the Oread, which is
on the Kansas Union's fourth floor, to sign books throughout the week.
J. Hood Booksellers, 1401 Massachusetts St., also has set up a table to sell beat author's books during the River City Reunion, store owner John Hood said.
The store's display includes books and magazines from the beat movement including Ginsberg, Jack Kerenua and McClure, and Avant Garde
Hood said the 13-year-old used-
book store usually sold literary material on topics such as history, philosophy, sociology and anthropology. Out-of print books increase the store's selection, Hoood said.
Adventure A Bookstore, 836 Massachusetts St., ordered books by beateroa poets to coincide with the River Store store owner Mary Michener said.
She said shelves set up at the front of the store displayed books by Ginsberg, Burroughs, Keroc, Leary.
On Campus
■ "Influence of a Lymphokine on Immunoglobulin Secretion by Rabbit Spleen Cells," a microbiology lecture by Mark Sutherland, is scheduled at 12:30 p.m. today at 6031 Haworth Hall
An organizational meeting of the Society for East Asian Studies is scheduled at noon today at Parlor A in the Kansas Union.
A Retirees Club birthday party is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. today at Summerfield Room in Adams Alumni Center
University Council is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. today at 108 Blake Hall.
A re-entry meeting for all students who participated in study abroad during the 1986-1987 school year is
scheduled at 3:30 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. "A Comparativist Looks At JeanJacques Rousseau's 'Confessions,'" a lecture by Juliet MacCannell of the University of California-Irvine, is scheduled at 4 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. The lecture opens the English department's comparative literature conference, which continues through Saturday.
"Returning to Chile," a Latin American Solidarity video, is scheduled at 6 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
"Dealing with that Uneasy Feeling," a Student Assistance Center workshop, is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. today at 100 Smith Hall.
A squash singles organizational meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. today at 202 Robinson Center. Play begins Sept 15.
A lecture and informational meeting for the KU Undergraduate Philosophy Club are scheduled at 7 p.m. at Parlor C in the Kansas Union
■ An informational meeting about AIESEC's internship program is scheduled at 7:05 p.m. today at 427 Summerfield Hall.
- Pot de la Rentree, sponsored by Le Cerule Francais, is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. today, Cost is $3.
■ In informational meeting on promotions and tenure is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. at the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
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