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Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept a journal his entire life, beginning at the age of eleven. In these first journals the most important and formative years of the poet''s storied life are captured, his inner thoughts detailed in what the San Francisco Chronicle calls a vivid first-person account...Ginsberg''s unmistakable voice coming into its own for the first time. Ginsberg''s journals-so candid he insisted they be published only after his death-document his complex, fascinating relationships with such figures of Beat lore as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and reveal a growing self-awareness about himself, his sexuality, and his identity as a poet. Illustrated with never-before-seen photos and bolstered by an appendix of his earliest poems, The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice is a major literary event.

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"(A) gem... Ginsberg's journals reveal a sensitive, vulnerable imagination." Washington Post Book World"

The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice

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      Publisher Hachette Books
      Published 2 May 2008
      ISBN-13 9780306815621
      978-0306815621
      ISBN-10 0306815621
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      Poetry Reportage, journalism or collected columns

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept a journal his entire life, beginning at the age of eleven. In these first journals the most important and formative years of the poet''s storied life are captured, his inner thoughts detailed in what the San Francisco Chronicle calls a vivid first-person account...Ginsberg''s unmistakable voice coming into its own for the first time. Ginsberg''s journals-so candid he insisted they be published only after his death-document his complex, fascinating relationships with such figures of Beat lore as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, and reveal a growing self-awareness about himself, his sexuality, and his identity as a poet. Illustrated with never-before-seen photos and bolstered by an appendix of his earliest poems, The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice is a major literary event.

      Trade Review
      "(A) gem... Ginsberg's journals reveal a sensitive, vulnerable imagination." Washington Post Book World"

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