ISBN10: 0872860175, ISBN13: 9780872860179, [publisher: City Lights Books] Softcover (City Lights Pocket Poets series). Allen Ginsberg's poem, 'Howl,' landed on the shores of America's shipwrecked consciousness as a manifesto and testimony. The book, HOWL AND OTHER POEMS, was 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. Ginsberg knew what was obscene, and he wrote it down in a delirious, impassioned fit of poetic reverie. It is both THE legendary and notorious poem of 20th-century American literature. Bibliography. 60p.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1959]

ISBN10: 0872860175, ISBN13: 9780872860179, [publisher: City Lights Books, San Francisco, California, USA] Softcover First Edition The special 50th Anniversary edition of this famous work by Allen Ginsberg, published as a paperback original in 2006. City Lights originally published the book in 1956. Number Four in the Pocket Poets Series. With a two-page Introduction entitled "Howl for Carl Solomon" by William Carlos Williams. ***Near fine in the iconic black & white glossy card covers. ***Please note that the covers are in fine condition as they have been laminated by a previous owner. No creases or tears. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions or annotations. Pages clean. No creases or tears. The endpapers are dark red. Spine tight. ***158mm x 124mm. 57 pages plus a two-page complete list of published works by Allen Ginsberg at the back of the book. ***"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked---" [The mesmerising first line of "Howl"] ***'Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to ...
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ISBN10: 0872860175, ISBN13: 9780872860179, [publisher: City Lights Publishers] Softcover
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[Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1959]

Reprinted paperback edition in very good condition, indentation at front cover,internally excellent ,no inscription or other writing throughout. Postcard of author in mint condition. City Lights Books ISBN 0872860175 9780872860179 [GB]

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[Lenhartsville, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1956]

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ISBN10: 0872860175, ISBN13: 9780872860179, [publisher: City Lights Books Jan 2001] Softcover First Edition Neuware - 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 militarism, HOWL also celebrates the pleasures and freedoms of the physical world, including a tribute to homosexual love. In addition to 'Howl,' poems in the book include: 'A Supermarket in California,' 'Sunflower Sutra,' 'America,' 'In the Baggage Room at Greyhound,' 'Transcription of Organ Music,' and 'Wild Orphan,' among others. A History of HOWL:City Lights founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti first heard Allen Ginsberg read 'Howl' at the Six Gallery event in San Francisco, 1955, which featured writers Philip Lamantia, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, and Michael McClure, introduced by poet Kenneth Rexroth. Jack Kerouac was present, but did not read, encouraging and cheering the other poets on. Ferlinghetti was so impressed by Ginsberg's performance, he immediately telegrammed ...
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ISBN10: 0872860175, ISBN13: 9780872860179, [publisher: City Lights Books Jan 2001] Softcover First Edition Neuware - 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 militarism, HOWL also celebrates the pleasures and freedoms of the physical world, including a tribute to homosexual love. In addition to 'Howl,' poems in the book include: 'A Supermarket in California,' 'Sunflower Sutra,' 'America,' 'In the Baggage Room at Greyhound,' 'Transcription of Organ Music,' and 'Wild Orphan,' among others. A History of HOWL:City Lights founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti first heard Allen Ginsberg read 'Howl' at the Six Gallery event in San Francisco, 1955, which featured writers Philip Lamantia, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, and Michael McClure, introduced by poet Kenneth Rexroth. Jack Kerouac was present, but did not read, encouraging and cheering the other poets on. Ferlinghetti was so impressed by Ginsberg's performance, he immediately telegrammed ...
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San Francisco, CA: City Lights Publishers. Very Good+. Date: 1980. Later Printing. Paperback. 0872860175 . This is a small format paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "Best known for his poem "Howl", Ginsberg denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. San Francisco police and US Customs seized copies of "Howl" in 1956, and a subsequent obscenity trial in 1957 attracted widespread publicity due to the poem's language and descriptions of heterosexual and homosexual sex at a time when sodomy laws made (male) homosexual acts a crime in every state. The poem reflected Ginsberg's own sexuality and his relationships with a number of men, including Peter Orlovsky, his lifelong partner. Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that "Howl" was not obscene, asking: "Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?" "(from Wikipedia) . 1980. City Lights Publishers ISBN 0872860175 9780872860179 [US]

City Lights Publishers, Date: 1986-10-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0.5076 in x 14.9746 in x 11.9289 in. 1986. City Lights Publishers ISBN 0872860175 9780872860179 [GB]

Paperback. Good. ISBN 0872860175 9780872860179 [GB]

San Francisco: City Lights Books. Fine copy. Date: 2006. Later prt.. softcover. 8vo, 57 pp., Introduction by William Carlos Williams; 50th anniversary edition. . 2006. City Lights Books ISBN 0872860175 9780872860179 [US]

City Lights Books. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. City Lights Books ISBN 0872860175 9780872860179 [GB]

City Lights Books. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. City Lights Books ISBN 0872860175 9780872860179 [US]