... in which fellow poet Kenneth Rexroth wass to read and introduce five other poets including Ginsberg, Lamantia, McClure, Snyders and Phillip Whalen. At the tail end of the poetry reading Allan Ginsberg took center stage to give the first reading of "Howl" - a work he wrote two months prior. Jack Kerouac was there passing around jugs of wine which he had generously ... into the core meaning of the poem. These critics, who wished to have this poem stricken from the annals of modern literature, were the quintessential distillation of what "Howl's" author, Allan Ginsberg, was speaking out ag...

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