Editing Allen Ginsberg (section)

===England and the International Poetry Incarnation===
In May 1965, Ginsberg arrived in London, and offered to read anywhere for free.<ref name="Ref-1">Nuttall, J (1968) ''Bomb Culture'' MacGibbon & Kee, {{ISBN|0-261-62617-5}}</ref> Shortly after his arrival, he gave a reading at [[Better Books]], which was described by [[Jeff Nuttall]] as "the first healing wind on a very parched collective mind."<ref name="Ref-1" /> [[Thomas McGrath (poet)|Tom McGrath]] wrote: "This could well turn out to have been a very significant moment in the history of England—or at least in the history of English Poetry."<ref name="Ref-2">Fountain, N: ''Underground: the London alternative press, 1966–1974'', p. 16. [[Taylor & Francis]], 1988 {{ISBN|0-415-00728-3}}.</ref>

Soon after the bookshop reading, plans were hatched for the [[International Poetry Incarnation]],<ref name="Ref-2" /> which was held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London on June 11, 1965. The event attracted an audience of 7,000, who heard readings and live and tape performances by a wide variety of figures, including Ginsberg, [[Adrian Mitchell]], [[Alexander Trocchi]], [[Harry Fainlight]], [[Anselm Hollo]], [[Christopher Logue]], [[George MacBeth]], Gregory Corso, [[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], [[Michael Horovitz]], [[Simon Vinkenoog]], [[Spike Hawkins]] and [[Thomas McGrath (poet)|Tom McGrath]]. The event was organized by Ginsberg's friend, the filmmaker [[Barbara Rubin]].<ref name="ginsbergproject">{{Cite web |last=Hale |first=Peter |date=March 31, 2014 |title=Barbara Rubin (1945–1980) |url=http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/barbara-rubin-1945-1980.html |website=The Allen Ginsberg Project}}</ref><ref name="osterweil">{{Cite web |last=Osterweil |first=Ara |year=2010 |title=Queer Coupling, or The Stain of the Bearded Woman |url=http://www.araosterweil.com/download/i/mark_dl/u/4009891857/4561222908/Framework%2051-2.1%20Osterweil%20article.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020065346/http://www.araosterweil.com/download/i/mark_dl/u/4009891857/4561222908/Framework%2051-2.1%20Osterweil%20article.pdf |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=October 13, 2014 |website=araosterweil.com |publisher=Wayne State University Press}}</ref>

[[Peter Whitehead (filmmaker)|Peter Whitehead]] documented the event on film and released it as ''[[Wholly Communion]]''. A book featuring images from the film and some of the poems that were performed was also published under the same title by Lorrimer in the UK and Grove Press in US.