A lesser known fact about Allen Ginsberg – one of the true visionary writers of his generation – is that he was also a photographer. He began actively taking photos in New York City in 1953, developing and printing his films at a drugstore near his apartment in the Lower East Side. Over the next…

You may have noticed that here at slamxhype we are heavily influenced by the Beat movement which included writers like Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, so we were incredibly excited to hear about “Howl”, the new biopic of leading Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. The movie, which will kick off this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is…