by Allen Ginsberg
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Poetry, and Fiction.
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 Most Recommended Books, Poetry, and Fiction.
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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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“This revised and expanded collection gathers dozens of short, intensely lyrical poems that rely on ecstatic spiritual imagery and intimate metaphors. Many pieces are brief and self-contained, suited to reading aloud or dipping into between tasks, and the added previously unpublished poems widen the emotional range. What works best is a steady stream of memorable lines that resurface on rereading; the main limitation is repetition — shared images and refrains recur, and translation choices sometimes smooth or sentimentalize cultural particularities.”
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