I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955–1997

I Greet You at the Beginning of a Great Career: The Selected Correspondence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, 1955–1997 is a collection of letters exchanged between two prominent figures of the Beat movement, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg. Ferlinghetti, a poet and founder of San Francisco's City Lights bookshop and publishing house, was instrumental in publishing early works by Beat writers, including Ginsberg's seminal poem Howl and Other Poems. The correspondence spans over four decades and offers insights into their lives, creative processes, and the literary landscape of the era.123