{"id":65664,"date":"2025-03-20T21:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T01:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=65664"},"modified":"2025-04-07T21:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T01:46:31","slug":"thinking-of-gregory-corsos-happy-birthday-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2025\/03\/thinking-of-gregory-corsos-happy-birthday-of-death.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Thinking of Gregory Corso&#8217;s &#8216;Happy Birthday of Death&#8217;<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Not ready for his closeup.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><font size=\"-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thinking-of-gregory-corsos-happy-birthday-of-death-1600-.jpg\">Click to enlarge.<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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