Teaching the Techno-Poetics of Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra”

Abstract

The essay reports on a three-stage method blending creative writing with critical literary analysis to teach Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra,” revealing what the author, Tony Trigilio call Ginsberg’s “hybrid, techno-human voice,” created through what Ginsberg himself called “auto poesy,” a spontaneous, audio recorder-driven technique fused with Buddhist practices.