Different event, known to history as the Great Naropa Poetry War, 1975 (Tom Clark published his version of events by that name in 1980). There's a brief account in http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/04/specials/merwin-own.html. Allen wasn't present at the time.
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>From: Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: May 28, 2014 10:19 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The Great Poets' Brawl of '68 - according to Charles Simic
>
>I read an account in one of Eliot Weinberger's books about the public
>humiliation of Merwin at Naropa University, some of which involved the
>active participation of Ginsberg. It did him no credit.
>
>Ken
>
>On 5/28/2014 9:59 PM, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> Ah, good ol Ginsberg. Didn't think his fists would be flying ...
>>
>>> On 29 May 2014, at 10:26 am, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/apr/23/great-poets-brawl-68/?insrc=rel
>>>
>>> [How come I never heard of this till now?]
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