97.19a

“Friendly Legend: Tributes to Ginsberg.” Rolling Stone, 9 May, 40–43. Along with William S. Burroughs, Ken Kesey, Gregory Corso, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono and several others, Mailer offers a brief valedictory comment on the late poet, lauding his courage at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. See 68.18.