brpstrongThe prophetic poem that launched a generation when it was first published in 1965 is here presented in a commemorative hardcover edition!strongppstrongThe landmark, original publication of Allen Ginsberg's strongstrongemHOWL Other Poemsemstrongstrong!strongppemHOWL Other Poemsem, 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 emHOWLem has remained in print for more than 60 years, with well over 1,000,000 copies in print.pp A strident critique of middle-class complacency, consumerism, and capitalist militarism, em HOWLem 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