To celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Howl and Other Poems, " with nearly one million copies in print, City Lights presents the story of editing, publishing, and defending Allen Ginsberg's landmark poem within a broader context of obscenity issues and censorship of literary works.
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A long anticipated collection of over 300 of Burroughs's letters from the early '60s through the mid '70s, written to such recipients as Allen Ginsberg, Paul Bowles, and the surrealist artist Brion Gysin, these letters shed remarkable light on the writer's artistic process and literary experimentati[...]

" An] essential Beat masterpiece." --"The Village Voice."
Perhaps one of the last great dual correspondences of the twentieth century, "Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters" reveals not only the process of creation of the two most celebrated members of the Beat Generation, but also the [...]

Set off on the eternal trail of the Beat experience in the city that inspired many of Jack Kerouac's best-loved novels including On the Road, Vanity of Duluoz, The Town and the City, and Desolation Angels. This is the ultimate guide to Kerouac's New York, packed with photos of the Beat Generation an[...]

Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a poem about the death of his mother, Naomi, is one of his major works. This special fiftieth anniversary edition of "Kaddish and Other Poems" features an illuminating afterword by Ginsberg biographer Bill Morgan, along with previously unpublished photographs, documents, [...]

In 1969, Allen Ginsberg wrote to his friend, fellow poet, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "Alas, telephone destroys letters " Fortunately, however, by then the two had already exchanged a treasure trove of personal correspondence, and more than any other documents, their lettersintimate, opinio[...]