Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems

"This volume brings together the poems that made his name as a defining figure of the counter-culture. They include the apocalyptic Howl, which became the subject of an obscenity trial when it was first published in 1956; the moving lament for his mother, Kaddish; the searing indictment of his honmeland, America; and the confessional Mescaline"--Cover.