“Book Descriptions: Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant, enduring position in American literature. Following his death in '97, Barry Miles has drawn on both his long friendship with the poet & on Ginsberg's journals & correspondence to produce an immensely readable account of one of the 20th century's most extraordinary poets. Childhood: Paterson A Columbia education: the origins of the Beat Generation A street education The subterraneans On the road to California "Howl" & the San Francisco renaissance "The classic stations of the earth" "Kaddish" Adventures in psychedelia Cut-ups India The change The king of May Into the vortex Paterfamilias The lion of Dharma Eminence grise Afterword Acknowledgments Chapter Notes Bibliography Index” DRIVE