(January 23, 1961) He hosted the famous "Funeral for the Beat Generation" in his West Village apartment (85 Christopher Street) in New York City where guests gathered to discuss 'The Funeral Of The Beat Generation'. Among the guests were De Hirsch Margolis,
Shel Silverstein, Sylvia Topp, Bill Godden, Gloria Schoffel,
James Baldwin, Howard Hart,
Norman Mailer,
Ted Joans,
William Styron,
Susan Sontag and Lester Blackiston.