Does mental illness beget great poetry? These 4 poets exposed the sickness of a society that sought to contain them
- Written by George Mouratidis, Fellow, Literary Studies, The University of Melbourne
Allen Ginsberg dancing (1969).Columbus Metropolitan Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsThis article contains references to suicide.
The publication last year of Steven M. Weine’s Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness has reinvigorated enduring questions about the relationship between mental health and...





