Howl and Other Stories by Allen Ginsberg

Description

A howl still echoing across generations. Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg remains one of the most influential and controversial poetry collections of the twentieth century, a raw electric storm of longing, rebellion, sexuality, spirituality, and rage that helped define the Beat Generation.

First published in 1956, Howl exploded into American literary culture with its hypnotic rhythms, unapologetic queer desire, and unfiltered portrait of outsiders struggling against conformity, capitalism, censorship, and postwar repression. The poem’s publication famously led to an obscenity trial that became a landmark battle for free expression in the United States.

Ginsberg’s voice is ecstatic, prophetic, tender, and chaotic all at once, wandering through jazz clubs, city streets, spiritual visions, heartbreak, madness, and desire with startling emotional honesty. Decades later, the work still feels dangerous in the best possible way: part confession, part manifesto, part subway sermon shouted at midnight beneath flickering neon.

This hardcover edition preserves an essential work of queer and American literary history in an accessible modern format while maintaining the spirit of the original publication. A cornerstone for readers interested in queer literature, Beat poetry, counterculture history, and groundbreaking twentieth-century writing.

Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1013319788