Works by
Gregory Corso
(Poet)
[March 26, 1930 – January 17, 2001]

Fiction

• The American Express (1961)
  Beat poet Corso's only novel. Inspired by his days in Europe, anxiously waiting for royalty checks and advances that were slow to appear, this freewheeling and farcical tale is the account of a birth in AmEx, and what came of it. With illustrations by the author. First published 1961 as No. 85 in the Traveller's Companion Series. First American publication.

Poetry

• Mindfield: New and Selected Poems (1989)
  New rare sketches and notes from the author's personal journal, forewords from two of the world's leading poets of the Beat Generation and an introduction by David Amram, the man who collaborated with Jack Kerouac in the first-ever-live poetry reading in 1957, are collected here for the first time, in this revised and unique edition of Mindfield. This poetry is an affront to all that limits, restrains or frightens. "Death I unsalute you," Gregory declares. Beyond energy and sheer brilliance, these poems offer the wisdom of a man unstuck, and a mind content with the freedom of knowing truth without being afraid of it.

• Poem (1982)

• Gasoline & the Vestal Lady on Brattle (1981)

• Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit (1981)
  Poetry heralding "the ivory applecart of tyrannical values".

• Wings, Wands, Windows (1981)

• Writings from Ox (1981)

• Earth Egg (1974)

• The Japanese Notebook Ox (1974)

• [Ankh] (1971)
  Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series, No. 13.

• Elegiac Feelings American (1970)

• Planet Earth Is Much More Farout Than the Human Brain (1969)

• 10 Times a Poem (1967)
  Collected at random from two suitcases filled with poems, the gathering of five years.

• The Geometric Poem (1966)
  A long experimental poem, composite of many lines and angles selective.

• The Minicab War (1966)

• Long Live Man (1962)
  Poetry that jubilates over being a "(hu-)man, Alive, here in the moment".

• Happy Birthday of Death (1960)

• Minutes to Go (1960) by Brion Gysin, Gregory Corso, Sinclair Beiles, and William S. Burroughs

• Gasoline (1958)

• Bomb (1958)

• The Vestal Lady On Brattle and Other Poems (1955)

Other

• Bald Ego No. 2 (2004), Max Blagg, ed.
  With works by Cecily Brown, Glenn O'Brien;  Gregory Corso, John Godfrey, Keith Sonnier, Lynne Tillman, and Paul Cezanne; and Larry Clark, Muriel Vega, and Shawn Mortenson, Photographers

• The Three Angels (2001) by Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Peter Orlovsky

See also:

• Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (2008, DVD)
  Maria Beatty, director with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, and William S. Burroughs

• Elegies: For Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso (2005) by Barry Gifford
  Elegies is a set of two individual poetry broadsides by Barry Gifford written as elegies to Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso: 1. "On Viewing the Manuscript Scroll of Jack Kerouac's On The Road in the Tosca Bar, San Francisco" - 2. "Small Elegy For Corso". The two broadsides are printed on card stock and measure approx 5" x 11". They are housed in a three panel folder with a diecut cover that is signed by Barry Gifford. Enclosed in a slipcase style envelope with linoleum block design. One of 200 copies printed by Jim Camp at Synaesthesia Press.

• An Accidental Autobiography: The Selected Letters of Gregory Corso (2003), Bill Morgan, ed.
  Fabulous letters from the vagabond Beat poet to his friends—among them Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
  For all his charm and intelligence poet Gregory Corso lived a vagabond life. He never held down a regular job. He rarely stayed very long under the same roof. He spent long stretches—some as long as four or five years—abroad. Many of his letters came from Europe—France, England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Greece—as he kept in touch with his circle of friends—among them his best friend Allen Ginsberg and a steady supporter, Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He left (or was left by) a number of girlfriends and he fathered five children along the way. He was apt to raise a bit of a ruckus at poetry readings and other public events. No one could be sure what he might do next except that he would write poetry and get it published and that it would be widely read.
  
  When the idea of a book of selected letters was first proposed, Gregory had some reservations about it. Would the book reveal too much of his private life? But then with typical hubris he said the equivalent of "let it all hang out" and "all" does hang out in An Accidental Autobiography. The book is indeed the next thing to an unplanned self-portrait and gives a lively sense of the life Gregory Corso led, marching to his own drummer and leaving in his wake such marvelous books of Beat poetry as The Happy Birthday of Death, Elegiac Feelings American, Long Live Man, and Herald of the Autochthonic Spirit.
  
  Bill Morgan, who is extremely conversant with the Beats, has done an admirable job collecting letters from libraries and various individuals across the country and then selecting and organizing them in a progression that spans Corso's lifetime. In addition to Morgan's introduction and commentary, the book includes a special foreword by poet and rock star Patti Smith as well as a number of photographs.

• Gregory Corso: Doubting Thomist (2002) by Kirby Olson

• For Gregory Corso (2001) by Robert Creeley

• Burroughs Live: The Collected Interviews of Wiliam S. Burroughs, 1960-1997 (2000), Sylvère Lotringer, ed.
  Burroughs Live gathers all the interviews, both published and unpublished, given by William Burroughs, as well as conversations with well-known writers, artists, and musicians such as Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Gregory Corso, Keith Richards, Tennessee Williams, Timothy Leary, and Patti Smith. The book provides a fascinating account of Burroughs's life as a literary outlaw. Illuminating many aspects of his work and many facets of his mind, it brings out his scathing humor, powerful intelligence, and nightmarish vision.

• Gregory Corso (2000) by Jak Neumirat

• The Beat Hotel: Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Corso in Paris, 1958-1963 (2000) by Barry Miles
  See also Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs.

• Clown in a Grave: The Complexities and Tensions in the Works of Gregory Corso (1999) by Michael Skau

• Exiled Angel: A Study of the Work of Gregory Corso (1989) by Gregory Stephenson

• Gregory Corso (1982) by Gavin Selerie

• The Ballgame's Over: The Dialogues of Gregory Corso & Tom Clark on The Great Naropa Poetry Wars (1981) by Tom Clark