In the first biography of Ginsberg after his death in 1997, and the only one to cover the entire span of his life, Bill Morgan draws on his deep knowledge of Ginsberg’s largely unpublished private journals to give readers a detailed portrait of one of America’s most famous poets. Morgan sheds new light on some of the pivotal aspects of Ginsberg’s life, including the poet’s associations with other members of the Beat Generation, his complex relationship with his lifelong partner, Peter Orlovsky, and his involvement with Tibetan Buddhism.
I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg by Bill Morgan
$20.00
Bill Morgan
ISBN 978-0-14-311249-5
Paperback, Published by Penquin, 2007. 702 pages
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In the first biography of Ginsberg after his death in 1997, and the only one to cover the entire span of his life, Bill Morgan draws on his deep knowledge of Ginsberg’s largely unpublished private journals to give readers a detailed portrait of one of America’s most famous poets. Morgan sheds new light on some of the pivotal aspects of Ginsberg’s life, including the poet’s associations with other members of the Beat Generation, his complex relationship with his lifelong partner, Peter Orlovsky, and his involvement with Tibetan Buddhism.
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