Author Pat Thomas Presents His New Book on Allen Ginsberg, "Material Wealth", January 25 at 7pm

Author and countercultural historian PAT THOMAS comes to the Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore to read from, discuss, and sign copies of his new book "Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg". Pat will be joined in discussion by PETER HALE. Packed with ephemera you’ve never seen, "Material Wealth" is a smorgasbord of things that most of us would have tossed away decades ago: notes to oneself, accounting statements, letters of intent, fan and media crushes, criticisms and critiques, posters of events now considered historical and cultural canon, political manifestos, et al. PAT THOMAS is a countercultural historian and archival music producer who is the author of "Listen, Whitey! The Sights & Sounds of Black Power 1965–1975" and "Did It! Jerry Rubin: An American Revolutionary". He co-curated "Invitation to Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography of Les McCann 1960-1980", co-edited "My Week Beats Your Year: Encounters with Lou Reed" and contributed to "Kerouac on Record: A Literary Soundtrack". Thomas was a consultant on the PBS documentary "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution" and compiled the 3-CD box set "The Last Word on First Blues for the Allen Ginsberg Estate" (1970s recordings of Ginsberg with Bob Dylan, Arthur Russell), and the 2-CD set "Songs of Innocence and Experience of Ginsberg’s 1969 recordings"(with Don Cherry and Elvin Jones) putting William Blake poems to music with vocals by Allen. PETER HALE grew up in Italy, Germany, and then Boulder, CO where he earned a BA in Classics, Greek & Latin, from the University of Colorado, all the while attending classes in music, poetry and meditation at Naropa University. He became part of the staff at Allen Ginsberg’s office in 1992, and in 1997 helped craft his posthumous estate, which he currently manages. He studied Guitar with Dave Van Ronk & Danny Kalb, and Piano with Peter Barbieri. He currently produces his own music, and djs around NYC. He lives in Ridgewood, Queens.

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