Allen Ginsberg\'s Howl and Other Poems was originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956. "Howl was Allen\'s. Howl & Other Poems is the single most influential poetic work of the post-World War II era, with over 1,000,000 copies now in print. customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trail at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene.
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Allen Ginsberg\'s Howl and Other Poems was originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956