Holy Soul
Matthew Power first met poet Allen Ginsberg at his cousin's Bar Mitzvah, when he was a 15-year-old aspiring writer.
2004 / Dean Olsher / Emily Botein / Matthew Power / The Next Big Thing, USA
Matthew Power first met poet Allen Ginsberg at his cousin's Bar Mitzvah, when he was a 15-year-old aspiring writer.
Through the years the two developed an intimate friendship, and Ginsberg's influence as a mentor, friend, and writer is still ever-present in Power's daily life.
Holy Soul was produced in 2002.
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Dean Olsher is a therapist and spent over 30 years as a broadcaster, mostly for public radio.
Emily Botein is Vice President for On-Demand Content at WNYC Radio in New York.
Matthew Power was a freelance print and radio journalist and a contributing editor at Harper's magazine and National Geographic Adventure.