A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg | Poetry Foundation

Link courtesy of Sam Sifton’s latest “What to Cook” newsletter/column:

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The Supermarket in California was in Berkeley at the corner of University and Grove St. Ginsberg lived a few blocks away on Milvia when he was writing Howl (and, I guess, Supermarket). Grove St. is now Martin Luther King Blvd, and the corner is now home to a Trader Joe’s.

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