The Jess Mariano book group discussion

I've only read the first few pages, but did anyone else notice in the introduction that Allen Ginsberg sounds a lot like Jess? Williams says "he has been through hell" and then he "appeared 15-20 years later with a poem that was arresting". Just how like Jess goes through hell with his father and Rory and then comes back with a book.... Maybe the ASP was foreshadowing here? Anyone else think it is totally intentional?