The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice First Journals and Poems: 1937-1952

The earliest journals and poems of legendary Beat Generation avatar and poet extraordinaire Allen Ginsberg-including rare photographs and over 50 previously unpublished poems

Allen Ginsberg¹s Howl was one of the most widely read and translated poems of the twentieth century. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and cofounder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute. Juanita Lieberman-Plimpton 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. Bill Morgan was Allen Ginsberg¹s literary achivist and is author of the biography I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg. He lives in New York City.