About the Book: A landmark collection from Allen Ginsberg’s fifty years of groundbreaking poetry, Howl and Other Poems brings together his most powerful and personal writing. Alongside the iconic poems “Howl” and “Kaddish,” this essential volume features early works, songs, uncollected poems and the author’s own notes, offering a deeper look beyond his Beat Generation image. Intense, rebellious and deeply human, Ginsberg’s poetry explores identity, spirituality, society, love and the search for truth. Part of the Penguin Modern Hardbacks series, this celebrated collection is an essential text for readers of modern poetry and American literature.