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Gregory Corso

Born

in New York, New York, The United States

March 26, 1930

Died

January 17, 2001

Genre

Poetry

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Gregory Nunzio Corso was an American poet, youngest of the inner circle of Beat Generation writers.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 5,089 ratings · 366 reviews · 121 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gasoline & The Vestal Lady on Brattle (City Lights Pocket Poets Series, #8) 3.99 avg rating — 1,465 ratings — published 1955 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happy Birthday of Death by Gregory Corso, Patti Smith (Goodreads Author) (Foreword by) 4.11 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 1960 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mindfield: New and Selected Poems by Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs (Foreword by), Allen Ginsberg (Foreword by) 4.04 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gasoline really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1958 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elegiac Feelings American 3.96 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1970 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Live Man 3.93 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1962 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg by Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.02 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit 3.91 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems 3.94 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1955 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Express 3.63 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1961 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is power.”
― Gregory Corso

tags: power, slacker, slackers, slacking, standing, waiting

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“I learned life were no dream
I learned truth deceived
Man is not God
Life is a century
Death an instant”
― Gregory Corso

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“If you believe you're a poet, then you're saved.
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― Gregory Corso

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