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Uploaded by on Dec 24, 2008

A reading of Footnote to Howl

written by Allen Ginsberg
Berkeley, CA 1955

Published by City Lights 1956

Upon publication, the book was immediately seized and banned for obscenity. In court, Ginsberg won out thanks to a plethora of expert witnesses.

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  • hahaha I have that same book! And his full works *struts stuff* :P

  • oh and elly, after we posted this we found your reading of the same poem... good stuff!

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  • holy holy ginsberg, the man.

  • Great minds think alike :D ^5!

  • it's a classic! and ginsberg's work is is world class, no doubt about it. he was a being of light. when i was 16 my english teacher took us to see him doing a solo reading. he was grumpy with the audience that night, but truly a wonderful poet.

  • i enjoyed joyce and the beats a lot in my youth, studied both the americans and the irish ex-pat in some depth. i didnt see any conflict of interest really no either or about it for, i really appreciated joyce and love many other modern writers. pound is a toughie, i'm not as familiar w/ him but surely he's worth the effort, like shakespeare. one great writer or genre has never precluded or cancelled out any others for me... when it comes to literature, i guess you could say i'm an omnivore.

  • that was one of the first youtube videos i ever watched and favorited. yeah, there's some great footage of the beats up here...

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