{"product_id":"the-poem-that-changed-america-howl-fifty-years-later-9780374173449","title":"The Poem That Changed America: Howl Fifty Years Later","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tribute to Ginsberg's signature work, which stirred a generation of angel-headed hipsters to cultural rebellion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1956, City Lights, a small San Francisco bookstore, published Allen Ginsberg's\u003ci\u003e Howl and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e with its trademark black-and-white cover. The original edition cost seventy-five cents, but there was something priceless about its eponymous piece. Although it gave a voice to the new generation that came of age in the conservative years following World War II, the poem also conferred a strange, subversive power that continues to exert its influence to this day. Ginsberg went on to become one of the most eminent and celebrated writers of the second half of the twentieth century, and Howl became the critical axis of the worldwide literary, cultural, and political movement that would be known as the Beat generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year 2006 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Howl, and \u003ci\u003eThe Poem That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e will celebrate and shed new light on this profound cultural work. With new essays by many of today's most distinguished writers, including Frank Bidart, Andrei Codrescu, Vivian Gornick, Phillip Lopate, Daphne Merkin, Rick Moody, Robert Pinsky, and Luc Sante, \u003ci\u003eThe Poem That Changed America\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the pioneering influence of Howl down through the decades and its powerful resonance today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Shinder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374173449","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710570270857,"sku":"9780374173449","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ed0c753c-66ce-43aa-8ad6-31645709a3c7.jpg?v=1719538789","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-poem-that-changed-america-howl-fifty-years-later-9780374173449","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}