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Clinton Prison section[edit]

Lucky Luciano, according to his (well documented) article, left Clinton permanently in February 1946, well before Corso's (ostensible) sentence began. NO citation presented to verify the Luciano-Godfather connection. Hence the 'cutout' today.Tapered (talk) 08:13, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tapered is correct in that Corso didn't go to adult prison until years after Luciano had been deported to Italy in 1946. The electric chair was at Dannemora, but was moved to Sing Sing before Corso was born. There was nothing "toughest" about it. It was used to house inmates with serious mental problems. Activist (talk) 00:37, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

$94?[edit]

In 1943 somebody offered him $94 for a toaster? Does that seem credible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.196.122.198 (talk) 13:10, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not remotely. Activist (talk) 00:39, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopedic tone -- not[edit]

"In the tranquility of this small and lovely cemetery full of trees, flowers and well-fed cats, with the sun's complicity, more than a funeral, it seemed to be a reunion of long-lost friends, with tales, anecdotes, laughter and poetry readings." Oh, good grief. Just one example of the problems with this article. Dgndenver (talk) 08:16, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Google. After posting I searched and found this. probably lots more of it is copied, too.

http://www.woodstockjournal.com/corso7-10.html Dgndenver (talk) 08:20, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

i've had a nagging concern about this too, as over time a series of edits have seemed to add material written elsewhere that is in a narrative, rather than encyclopedic tone; i think a substantial portion of this article overly detailed as well; big task to clean it up Garbanzito (talk) 18:57, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Corrections[edit]

I removed the CN notice because it was over five years and seven months old and 150 edits had been made to the article since it was posted in March 2018. Activist (talk) 00:44, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The notion that Corso was the "youngest" of the core Beat writers was fanciful and I removed it. He was born in March 1930. Gary Snyder was born in May 1930. Michael McClure was born in 1932. LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka was born in 1934, as were Hettie Cohen (Jones) and Diane DiPrima. Richard Brautigan was born in 1936. Stephen Levine was born in 1937. Ed Sanders was born in 1939. Activist (talk) 03:16, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

and Ann Waldman was born in April 1945; the problem with the sentence in question is the use of "inner circle"; at different times this was a different group; it could be said Corso was the youngest of the group at a specific early (formative) time Garbanzito (talk) 06:21, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]