I Celebrate Myself

The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg

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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cover the entire span of his life, Ginsberg's archivist Bill Morgan draws on his deep knowledge of Ginsberg's largely unpublished private journals to give readers an unparalleled and finely detailed portrait of one of America's most famous poets.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.
Bill Morgan is an archival consultant, editor, and writer. He is the author and editor of more than 40 books including I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg; The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation; William S. Burroughs' Rub Out the Word; and The Letters of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. He has worked as the archivist for Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Miller, Oliver Sacks, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, among many others.

 

 

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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cover the entire span of his life, Ginsberg's archivist Bill Morgan draws on his deep knowledge of Ginsberg's largely unpublished private journals to give readers an unparalleled and finely detailed portrait of one of America's most famous poets.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.

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Bill Morgan is an archival consultant, editor, and writer. He is the author and editor of more than 40 books including I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg; The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation; William S. Burroughs' Rub Out the Word; and The Letters of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. He has worked as the archivist for Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Miller, Oliver Sacks, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, among many others.

 

 

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