{"product_id":"the-book-of-martyrdom-and-artifice-first-journals-and-poems-1937-1952-9780306815621","title":"The Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems: 1937-1952","description":"Allen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306815621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 523\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/2007 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Allen Ginsberg, Juanita Lieberman-Plimpton, Bill Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635535835292,"sku":"9780306815621","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d2d57986-e47f-45a0-b8b0-8a3fb25855ee.jpg?v=1603839830","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-martyrdom-and-artifice-first-journals-and-poems-1937-1952-9780306815621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}