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A precise and exacting indictment of modern society, from capitalism to conformity, "Howl" is just as relevant today as it was when its initial publication got the publisher arrested. This is a foundational piece of modern American poetry.
The landmark, original publication of Allen Ginsberg’s HOWL & Other Poems
HOWL & Other Poems, the prophetic book that launched the Beat Generation, was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books in 1956. Considered the single most influential work of post-WWII United States poetry, the City Lights edition of HOWL has remained in print for more than 60 years, with well over 1,000,000 copies in print.
A strident critique of middle-class complacency, consumerism, and capitalist m...
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