{"product_id":"the-book-of-martyrdom-and-artifice-first-journals-and-poems-1937-1952-paperback","title":"The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems: 1937-1952 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen Ginsberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJuanita Lieberman-Plimpton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBill Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Ginsberg (1926-1997) kept journals his entire life, beginning at the age of eleven. These first journals detail the inner thoughts of the awkward boy from Paterson, New Jersey, who would become the major poet and spokesperson of the literary phenomenon called the Beat Generation. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Martyrdom and Artifice\u003c\/i\u003e covers the most important and formative years of Ginsberg's storied life. It was during these years that he met Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, both of whom would become lifelong friends and significant literary figures. Ginsberg's journals -- so candid he insisted they be published only after his death--also document his relationships with such notable figures of Beat lore as Carl Solomon, Lucien Carr, and Herbert Huncke. Conversations with Kerouac, his beloved muse Neal Cassady, and others have been transcribed from Ginsberg's memory, and information will be found here relating to the famous murder of David Kammerer by Carr -- a startlingly violent chapter in Beat prehistory -- which has been credited in New York magazine as \"giving birth to the Beat Generation.\" It was also during this period that he began to recognize his homosexuality, and to think of himself as a poet. Illustrated with photos from Ginsberg's private archive and enhanced by an appendix of over 100 of Ginsberg's earliest poems, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Martyrdom and Artifice\u003c\/i\u003e is a major literary event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1956, \u003cb\u003eAllen Ginsberg\u003c\/b\u003e published Howl, one of the most widely read and translated poems of the twentieth century. Ginsberg was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and cofounder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuanita Lieberman-Plimpton\u003c\/b\u003e worked with Allen Ginsberg and as an editor in New York City. She now owns and runs her own business, Mud Pie Productions and lives in western Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e was Allen Ginsberg¹s literary achivist and is author of the biography \u003ci\u003eI Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762660180256,"sku":"9780306815621","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2f02e6a4d937cd6dd57ddd50a01c21f3.webp?v=1780223075","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-book-of-martyrdom-and-artifice-first-journals-and-poems-1937-1952-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}