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Article: Reading, looking at Allen Ginsberg: The Beat Generation poet wrote and did many things; journals, poems and biography offer insight.(Book review)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- November 29, 2006
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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.