Irwin Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926 in Newark, New Jeresy. Louis Ginsberg, Allen’s dad, was a published poet, a high school teacher and a Jewish Socialist. His wife, Naomi, was a radical Communist and nudist who went tragically insane in early adulthood. A shy and complicated child growing up in Paterson, New Jersey, Allen's home life was dominated by his mother's bizarre and frightening episodes. A severe paranoid, she trusted Allen when she …showed first 75 words of 1594 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1594 total…written while Allen was still alive and so I think this was also helpful. It would be interesting to find a book written after his death though, just to compare the points of view on Allen’s accomplishments. I would have to say overall though that I’m very pleased with the subject I choose and the book I read I think gave as a clear un-biased view of Allen Ginsberg as could be written.