ld as well as the Modern America and Modern British Poetry published him. While he worked on his writing, Louis took care of Allen and Eugene after Naomi was sent to the Greystone sanitarium and could not help with the boys. Louis had to take Allen to his first day of pre-school, and eventually take him home, because Allen through such a fit, that the school made him go home. He was a loving father and tried as much as he could to make up for the absence of a motherly influence.Even as a child, Allen excelled in English, reading, and foreign languages. He excelled through school and became one of the smartest kids in his class. Although English came easy for him, he worked with all of his might to earn good grades in math and science. In the period between 1934 to 1936 he felt as if he was different from most of the kids his age; other boys attracted his sexual attention. While this coming of age event was happening to Allen, his mothers medical condition worsened. She would walk around the house naked in front of Allen and Eugene and would claim to hear voices coming out of the walls. The two brothers would often go to bed with pots around their heads claiming that the pots repelled the evil forces haunted their mom. Allen would snuggle up close to Eugene, not that Eugene attracted him, but to fulfill his physical needs and emotional comfort he felt in men.At seventeen, Allen attended Colombia University. There he met Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, other founders of the "Beat Generation," while Allens friends and his teachers recognized that Allen could write thoughtful poetry. Not only his teachers appreciated his poetry, Jack and William also admired his writings. Allen became an eclectic student on the Columbia campus; he could not afford the suits and other expensive clothing as other students could. He felt as if something was not right for him at Columbia. So when Columbia did not want Allen to come ba...
