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Draws from eight years of research and full access to Ginsberg's journals to present a biography that depicts three decades of vanguard popular culture, from the Beat generation of the 1950s to the Buddhist revival of the 1970s.

With the sweep of an epic novel, Michael Schumacher tells the story of Allen Ginsberg and his times, with fascinating portraits of Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and William Burroughs, among others, along with many rarely seen photographs.

A Biography of Allen Ginsberg A sweeping biography of one of the most controversial figures in American literature, this is the result of eight years researching and writing with Ginsberg's full cooperation and with access to all his journals and papers, as well as thousands... Read Full Overview