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THE ESSENTIAL GINSBERG. Copyright © 2015 by Allen Ginsberg, LLC. Introduction © 2015 by Michael Schumacher. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926–1997.

[Works. Selections]

The Essential Ginsberg / Allen Ginsberg ; edited by Michael Schumacher.

pages cm

Summary: “A collection of essential poems, essays, letters, songs, and photographs which aims to introduce new readers to the scope of Allen Ginsberg’s work in its prolific and profound diversity”— Provided by publisher.

I. Schumacher, Michael, 1950– editor. II. Title.

PS3513.I74A6 2015

811’.54—dc23

2014034852

ISBN 978-0-06-236228-5 (pbk.)—ISBN 978-0-06-236229-2 (ebook)

EPub Edition May 2015 ISBN 9780062362292

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