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Draws from eight years of research and full access to Ginsberg's journals to present a dramatic biography that depicts three centuries of vanguard popular culture, from the Beat Generation of the 1950s to the Buddhist revival of the seventies.

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Allen Ginsberg, choreographer of the Beat movement, ambassador of the counterculture and great communicator of several hip generations, attracts attention that crosses natural, generational, sexual and literary boundaries. In this in-depth biography, Schumacher ( Reason to Believe ) covers Ginsberg's childhood in N.J. where he was born in 1926, his years at Columbia University, his travels, writings, homosexuality and political adventures up until 1981, the last year he was published by fellow poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights, which brought out Howl in 1956 and defended the poem against censorship prosecution. Given access to Ginsberg's private archives and having interviewed more than 100 people in 10 years of research, Schumacher weaves a monumental cultural biography, covering Ginsberg's famous Gallery Six reading, his sojourns to India, expulsion from Cuba and "coronation" in Czechoslovakia. Especially noteworthy is Schumacher's documentation of the circumstances and people surrounding the poet when he composed specific poems. Beat veterans will be delighted with this book, and newcomers well-informed by it. A brief postnote summarizes Ginsberg's activities between 1981 and the present. Photos not seen by PW.
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Schumacher's work covers much the same ground as Barry Miles's Ginsberg: A Biography (S. & S., 1989). Both are richly detailed and full of informative facts; yet both somehow fail to capture the excitement and energy that is the quintessence of Ginsberg. This remains to be found only in the poet's own writing. A critical biography, Schumacher's book focuses more on Ginsberg's poems, providing both perceptive analyses and interesting textual history. Although generally sympathetic, Schumacher tries to be objective when discussing negative as well as positive reviews of Ginsberg's work. He is especially good on Ginsberg's relations with other Beat writers, particularly Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. A serviceable, well-researched biography that belongs in all literature collections.
- William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY
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  • PublisherSt Martins Pr
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0312081790
  • ISBN 13 9780312081799
  • BindingHardcover
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