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Howl and Other Poems
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Howl and Other Poems

by Allen Ginsberg

Recommended by Darren Aronofsky

Recommended by Darren Aronofsky

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in About Bay Area, Most Recommended Books, and Poetry.

Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems was originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956. Subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene.Howl & Other Poems is the single most influent...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in About Bay Area, Most Recommended Books, and Poetry.

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Darren Aronofsky

A cry from the ‘60s for his generation. At least that’s the way I took it.

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