Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words: Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer Barbara Smith (With) -the will to tell the

-the will to tell the truth

or what you're wearing when you get there

Gwen Verdon

and River McIntyre is not happy

Peter Orlovsky, a Life in Words: Intimate Chronicles of a Beat Writer Barbara Smith (With) -the will to tell theUntil now, the poet Peter Orlovsky, who was Allen Ginsberg's lover for more than forty years, has been the neglected member of the Beat Generation. Because he lived in Ginsberg's shadow, his achievements were seldom noted and his contributions to literature have not been fully recognised. Now, this first collection of Orlovsky's writings traces his fascinating life in his own words. It also tells, for the first time, the intimate story of his