I Celebrate Myself

The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg

Bill Morgan

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English

Penguin
25 September 2007

Biography; Biography: general

In the first biography of Ginsberg since his death in 1997 and the only one to cover the entire span of his life, Ginsberg's archivist Bill Morgan draws on his deep knowledge of Ginsberg's largely unpublished private journals to give readers an unparalleled and finely detailed portrait of one of America's most famous poets.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, his involvement with Tibetan Buddhism, and above all his genius for living.

By: Bill Morgan
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 39mm
Weight: 722g
ISBN: 9780143112495
ISBN 10: 014311249X
Pages: 720
Publication Date: 25 September 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bill Morgan is a painter and archival consultant. He is the author of The Beat Generation in New York: A Walking Tour of Jack Kerouac's City, The Beat Generation in San Francisco: A Literary Tour, and edited Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays of Allen Ginsberg 1952-1995. Also for October 2006 publication, he has edited Ginsberg's The Book of Martrydom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems, 1937-1952, with Jaunita Lieberman-Plimpton, as well as Howl on Trial: the Battle for Free Expression.

Reviews for I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg

The most intimate and revealing biography of the poet to date . . . deeply delves into . . . previously unexplored territory. - San Francisco Chronicle No other biographer has given us such a totally straight three-dimensional picture of Allen Ginsberg. It is unembedded reportage at its very best. -Lawrence Ferlinghetti Morgan's provocative and thoroughly researched new biography is a testament to the creative fruits and personal anguish of Ginsberg. - The Washington Post By far the best researched and most thorough of the three major Ginsberg biographies. - Los Angeles Times Book Review