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    Howl and Other Poems

    Jun 16, 2022 1 minute
    FIONA HARRIGAN

    When Allen Ginsberg first presented his poem “Howl” at an October 1955 reading in San Francisco, Beat poet Michael McClure said that “a human voice and body had been hurled against the harsh wall of America.”

    Ginsberg’s poem—112 lines in 1956, quickly attracting both celebration and controversy.

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