Printed in the United States of America On 100% Acid-Free Paper No new contribution to this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Publisher. Poems include: Howl - Footnote To Howl - A Supermarket in California - Transcription of Organ Music - Sunflower Sutra - America - In the Baggage Room at Greyhound Earlier Poems: An Asphodel - Song - Wild Orphan - In Back of the Real. Horn ruled that the poem was not obscene. Upon the poem’s release, Ferlinghetti and the bookstore’s manager, Shigeyoshi Murao, were charged with disseminating obscene literature, and both were arrested. This myth was perpetuated by Ferlinghetti as part of the defense’s case during the poem’s obscenity trial, as detailed below.
There is no foundation to the myth that “Howl” was written as a performance piece and later published by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Lights Books. It came to be associated with the group of writers known as the Beat Generation, which included Jack Kerouac and William S. “Howl” is considered to be one of the great works of American literature. “Howl” is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955, published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled “Howl and Other Poems.” Ginsberg began work on “Howl” as early as 1954.
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