I am reviewing a copy of Iron Curtain Journals Through University of Minnesota Press and Netgalley:
Somehow between jotting down first drafts of well known poems, to sharing ones that have not yet been seen, Ginsberg managed to get himself deported from Cuba, to of all places Prague where he finds himself once again unwelcomed.
Ginsberg wrote of his provocations and pranks, he writes of his encounters with other poets, as well as celebrities and curious citizens. He makes pointed often moving observations as he makes his way through Russian the land of his heritage to the Warsaw ghetto and even Aushwitz running from the Czech government as he circles back to Prague. He is warned to keep a low profile but does everything but.
I give Iron Currain Journals three out of five stars!