My first post on BookLikes, how exciting! I've turned to poetry in a big way recently, but I still feel unequipped to talk about poetry with the same sophistication and background as other appreciators, but here is my take anyway. Howl is, of course, Ginsberg's most famous work and generally known...
I felt a little lost at some parts of this book. I understand some of the poetry but yet I don't. Does that make sense? But Kerouac writes amazing. quote from Haiku Berkeley :"I hurt the black ink on your kind book"Here is my list of favorites- Haiku Berkeley-Mexican Loneliness-Poem (pg. 92)-Cari...
I thought this collection was better than "Howl" which is one of his most talked about. Definitely something I need to own. Titles of some very well written poetry in this collection.-Poem Rocket-The Lion for Real-Laughing Gas-Lysergic Acid-The End
I really hope his early work is better. I grabbed Howl on order from Library. Which was the book that was pulled from shelves in 1965. Then the publisher were arrested. A lot of mentioned poetry about using the john, taking a shit what ever you want to call it.I think when Mr. Ginsberg died in '97...
One of Burroughs' more down-to-earth works, it relates in a series of letters (sent to Allen Ginsberg) the author's search through Latin America for the psychotropic plant Yage, which had been rumored in legend to give the users telepathic abilities. There's no Interzone here, though Bogota and Peru...
The best, and most truthful historical record of drug-use during the '40s. Burroughs is very truthful and stays very unbiased, telling of the ups and downs of everything, including Heroin. This may piss-off some one-sided people who are either very for- or against certain things. Burroughs tells it ...
I loved Howl and Song but wasn't too keen on the rest of it...it didn't detract from my giving this short collection 5 stars though. I needed the frantic pace this book set and the sentiment really echoed with what i'm going through in my own life.
Yeah. A collection of writers including Kerouac, Cassidy, Welch, Ginsberg and many others. A group of writers that make you instantly uncool and obtuse to criticize and instantly a wannabe and a pretentious ass to praise. There’s no way to recommend or not recommend this book that will have weigh...
Obviously, "Howl" dominates this collection. In length as well as notoriety. The first section is a testament to what can be done with words. The third section is also good stuff. Though the second section is less impressive. But it's a 4 1/2 star poem, even by my harsh standards."A Supermarket in ...
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