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Featuring the legendary and groundbreaking poem "Howl," this remarkable volume showcases a selection of Allen Ginsberg's poems, songs, essays, letters, journals, and interviews and contains sixteen pages of his personal photographs. One of the Beat Generation's most renowned poets and writers, Allen Ginsberg became internationally famous not only for his published works but for his actions as a human rights activist who championed the sexual revolution, human rights, gay liberation, Buddhism and eastern religion, and the confrontation of societal norms—all before it became fashionable to do so. He was also the dynamic leader of war protesters, artists, Flower Power hippies, musicians, punks, and political radicals. The Essential Ginsberg collects a mosaic of materials that displays the full range of Ginsberg's mental landscape. His most important poems, songs, essays, letters, journals, and interviews are displayed in chronological order. His poetic... Contents 3 Introduction by Michael Schumacher 6 I. Poems 9 The Bricklayer’s Lunch Hour 10 The Trembling of the Veil 11 The Shrouded Stranger 12 The Green Automobile 13 Song 16 On Burroughs’ Work 18 Howl 19 Footnote to Howl 22

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Author

Allen Ginsberg

Publisher

HarperCollins

Language

EN

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Poetry, Humanities

Rating

4.22 / 5 (140 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14