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Behind the Lit: Allen Ginsberg’s First Reading of “Howl”
Behind the Lit: Allen Ginsberg’s First Reading of “Howl”
By J. Francis Wolfe
October 07, 2014

Fifty-nine years ago today, Ginsberg performed his seminal poem for the first time, marking the public debut of the Beats.

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10 Books That Stood Trial
10 Books That Stood Trial
By jake goldman
November 08, 2013

In which people get real upset over novelists and poets acknowledging the existence of sex and race.

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