Containing dreams, observations, political commentary, first drafts of poems, and travel writing, the journals document a turbulent period in American life-war, violent protest, assassinations-in addition to personal loss, including deaths of friends and an automobile accident that left Ginsberg hospitalized. Covering the period from 1965 to 1971, the journals contain “auto poesy” meant for publication, notebook entries, and transcriptions from tape recordings made on a reel-to-reel recorder gifted by Bob Dylan. “Ginsberg biographer Schumacher, editor of the poet’s South American Journals and Iron Curtain Journals, now presents material that provides context for the National Book Award–winning volume The Fall of America(1973) as well as insight into Ginsberg’s creative process. The Fall of America – Allen Ginsberg, City Lights, 1973
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