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A revelatory look at how poet Allen Ginsberg transformed experiences of mental illness and madness into some of the most powerful and widely read poems of the twentieth century. Allen Ginsberg¿s 1956 poem ¿Howl¿ opens with one of the most resonant phrases in modern poetry: ¿I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.¿ Thirty years later, Ginsberg entrusted a Columbia University medical student with materials not shared with any...

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Through the testimonies of Bosnian refugees who survived ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovina, this title examines survivors' attempts to reconcile the contrasting, collective memories of having lived in a smoothly functioning, multi-ethnic society with the later memories of ethnic atrocities.

Survivors of political violence give testimonies, which tell stories that may change history, polities, and life itself. This book is committed to the proposition that efforts to use testimony to address the consequences of political violence can be strengthened, if they are based on a fuller acknowledgment of the personal and ethical elements.

Survivors of political violence give testimonies, which tell stories that may change history, polities, and life itself. This book is committed to the proposition that efforts to use testimony to address the consequences of political violence can be strengthened, if they are based on a fuller acknowledgment of the personal and ethical elements.