Article: Reading, looking at Allen Ginsberg: The Beat Generation poet wrote and did many things; journals, poems and biography offer insight.(Book review)

Byline: John Timpane

``The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems, 1937-1952'' by Allen Ginsberg, edited by Juanita Lieberman-Plimpton and Bill Morgan; Da Capo ($27.50)

``Collected Poems, 1947-1997'' by Allen Ginsberg; HarperCollins ($39.95)

``Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript, and Variant Versions'' by Allen Ginsberg; HarperPerennial ($18.95)

``I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg'' by Bill Morgan; Viking ($29.95)

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Sooner or later, anyone interested in American poetry must embrace Allen Ginsberg.

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