The Poem That Changed America: Howl Fifty Years Later - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374173449ISBN-10:374173443UPC:9780374173449Book Category:Literary Criticism, PoetryBook Subcategory:Poetry, American, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.78 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCD443SH5Y
The Poem That Changed America: Howl Fifty Years Later
A tribute to Ginsberg's signature work, which stirred a generation of angel-headed hipsters to cultural rebellion.
In 1956, City Lights, a small San Francisco bookstore, published Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems with its trademark black-and-white cover. The original edition cost seventy-five cents, but there was something priceless about its eponymous piece. Although it gave a voice to the...Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and GirouxISBN-13:9780374173449ISBN-10:374173443UPC:9780374173449Book Category:Literary Criticism, PoetryBook Subcategory:Poetry, American, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.78 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCD443SH5Y
Jason Shinder (1955-2008) was the author of three poetry collections: Stupid Hope, Among Women, and Every Room We Ever Slept In. He also edited numerous anthologies, including The Poem that Changed America and The Poem I Turn To. Shinder earned a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and founded the YMCA National Writer's Voice.
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