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Who is Carl Solomon from The Portable Beat Reader and what is their importance? The_Portable_Beat_Reader English & Literature Carl Solomon | The Portable Beat Reader
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Carl Solomon is a Beat writer and a major influence on Allen Ginsberg. He becomes acquainted with Ginsberg in an insane asylum, where they are both voluntary patients. The two men become close friends.
The Portable Beat Reader