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Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets, No. 4)
by Ginsberg, Allen
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0872860175
- ISBN 13
- 9780872860179
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
City Lights Publishers. Used - Like New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.
Synopsis
"Howl" was originally written as a performance piece by a young, new poet, Allen Ginsberg. When published by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1956, Howl broke so many social taboos that copies were impounded as obscene, and Ferlinghetti arrested. In 1957 the courts ruled that the poem was not obscene, and "Howl" went on to become the most popular poem of the Beat Generation. I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix; Angel-headed hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D16M-00512
- Title
- Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets, No. 4)
- Author
- Ginsberg, Allen
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0872860175
- ISBN 13
- 9780872860179
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- This edition first published
- June 1956
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wonder Book
Biblio member since 2003
Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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