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The New York Times Review of Books this week is devoted largely to books about figures from the “beat” generation. Among them are the following:

I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg, by Bill Morgan

Collected Poems, 1947-1997, by Allen Ginsberg

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/Kirn.t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

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Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero, by David Sandison and Graham Vickers

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Campbell.t.html?pagewanted=print

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The Joke’s Over: Bruised Nemories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me, by Ralph Steadman

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Blythe.t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

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Charles Bukowski, by Barry Miles

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Powers.t.html?pagewanted=print

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Also reviewed:

Postcards From Ed: Dispatches and Salvos From an American Iconoclast, edited by David Petersen

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Miles.t.html?pagewanted=print

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Free Press: Underground & Alternative Publications, 1965-1975, by Jean-Francois Bizot

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/review/Kamiya2.t-1.html?pagewanted=print