IntroductionThe subtitle I chose might be a little confusing at first, but it's just a reference to the hit HBO series “Sex and the City” that I find fun . After a brief introduction to the Beat "movement" and the life and work of Allen Ginsberg, in the main part of my article I will try to examine two topics related to Ginsberg: his relationship with his religious roots, Judaism, through some sections of his poem, “Kaddish.” Next, I present the book “Reality Sandwiches” and his famous “relationship” with New York City, through his poem “To My Sad Self”. Because this is a complex and significant poem, I will also provide a conclusion on some of the things he cared about, some of the things he thought were worth examining, some of his thoughts about the world we live in.Beat GenerationThe Beat Generation was a group of post-war American writers, who dominated the literary areas in the 1950s. However, “Beat” was not just a literary style, but a way of living and thinking. Central elements of the "Beat" scene included experimentation with drugs and alternative forms of sexuality, interest in Eastern philosophy and religion, and a strong rejection of materialism and capitalism. Since many of them were leftists or even communists, the McCarthy era treated them as "enemies of the state." Most beatniks (as they called themselves) integrated into the hippie subculture in the 1960s. Significant works of the era include Jack Kerouac's novel “On the Road” (1957), William S. Burroughs' “Naked Lunch” (1959) and Allen Ginsberg's “Howl” (1956). One of the main contributors to the movement was Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who invented City Lights Publisher, which gave a good alternative to artists who could not find adequate and sympathetic publishers due to e...... middle of paper...... uncertainty on serious issues (death and life, origin of humanity, existence of God), this appears in the last line, which is a reference to line 22. In “My Sad Self,” New York becomes the metaphor for these questions. ConclusionGinsberg was constantly trying to find answers to his questions, just like many of his contemporaries. In a social and political system that artificially generated happiness, and does so constantly nowadays, this type of "investigation" is one of man's most challenging tasks, but at least it leads to great literary works. Works Cited-BOLLOBÁS Enikő: Az Amerikai Irodalom Története-DOCHERTY, Brian: On "Love Poem on a Theme by Whitman"-GINSBERG, Allen: Selected Poems, 1947-1995-GINSBERG, Allen: Spontaneous Mind: Selected Interviews 1958-1995- MILES, Barry: Ginsberg: A Biography- The American Poetry Review, July/August, 1997