Last Gasp is proud to bring back this early Beat classic. Her poetic portrayal of lowlife bohemians and revolutionary mentalities shatter the conservative myths of the fifties and lay bare the emerging sexual experimentation that would shape the sixties. Dinners and Nightmares was originally published in 1961 by Corinth Books and quickly garnered critical acclaim. This new edition features an additional section of poems and prose pieces from the same period, never before published in book form.