When: From Friday, May 20, 2016 to Friday, July 08, 2016 - From 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Organized by : Italian Cultural Institute of New York

Entrance : Free

In 1956, the poet of the Beat Generation Allen Ginsberg publishes one of his most famous compositions, emblematically titled "America". In these verses Ginsberg portrays the many contradictions of the American culture, and his own conflicted relationship with his homeland. The image that shines through his words is that of a complex country in which the freedom of the single is constantly related to the façade of unreal and unattainable perfection this nation shows to the world.

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Source: http://www.iicnewyork.esteri.it