From his conversation with the conservative William F. Buckley on PBS to
his testimony at the Chicago Seven trial to his passionate riffs on
Cezanne, Blake, Whitman, and Pound, the interviews collected in
Spontaneous Mind, chronologically arranged and in some cases
previously unpublished, were conducted throughout Allen Ginsberg's long
career. From the late 1950s to the mid-1990s, Ginsberg speaks frankly
about his life, his work, and major events, allowing us to hear once
again the impassioned voice of one of the most influential literary and
cultural figures of our time.