Considered the single most influential work of post-WWII United States poetry.
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 Orphan, among others..
A strident critique of middle-class complacency, consumerism, and capitalist militarism, Howl also celebrates the pleasures and freedoms of the physical world.
Considered the single most influential work of post-WWII United States poetry