The Reception of "Howl": Bibliography

Carl Soloman! I'm with you in Rockland
where you're madder than I am

I'm with you in Rockland
where you must feel very strange

I'm with you in Rockland
where you imitate the shade of my mother . . .

 

Selected Biography

Ginsberg, Allen, Illuminated Poems. Paintings and drawings by Eric Drooker. Four Walls and Eight Windows, 1996.

New York protest artist Eric Drooker's (Link1 and Link2 ) works illuminate "Howl" and thirty-five other Ginsberg poems. (The images appearing on these pages were taken from Illuminated Poems.)

Ehrlich, J.W. Howl of the Censor. Nourse Publishing Company, San Carlos; 1961.

Morgan, Bill. The Response to Allen Ginsberg: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources. Greenwood Press, Westport, 1995.

Morgan, Bill. The Works of Allen Ginsberg: 1941-1994. Greenwood Press, Westport, 1995.

Schumacher, Michael. Dharma Lion: A Critical Biography of Allen Ginsberg. St. Martins, New York, 1995.

 

Early Criticism of "Howl" and HOWL and Other Poems

(Note Bill Morgan's two scholarly works, The Works of Allen Ginsberg 1941-1994: A Descriptive Biography and The Response to Allen Ginsberg 1926: A Bibliography of Secondary Criticism supplied the following information, unless otherwise noted.)

Eberhart, Richard. "West Coast Rhythms." New York Times Book Review (Sept. 2, 1956) (7-18)
	(See text of Ginsberg's response.)
Fletcher, Angus Stewart. "[Review of] Howl And Other Poems]". The Cambridge Review, no. 6 (Dec. 1, 1956) (136-139, 141)
Lipton, Lawrence. "America's Literary Underground." Coastlines, vol. 2, no. 2 [issue 6] (Winter 1956) (3-7).
	Note: AG quoted briefly about the scene.
Dorn, Norman K. "[review of] Howl And Other Poems]." San Francisco Chronicle. (Jan. 6, 1957) This World section, (19)..
Breit, Harvey. [column]. New York Times Book Review (Jan. 20, 1957) (8).
	Note: AG quoted briefly about lifestyle.
Grieg, Michael. "The Lively Arts In San Francisco." Mademoiselle, vol. 44, no. 4 (Feb. 1957) (142-143, 190-191).
	Note: Includes photograph of AG.
Balaban, Dan. 3 "'Witless Madcaps' Come Home To Roost." Village Voice. (Feb. 13, 1957) (3).
Rexroth, Kenneth. "San Francisco's Mature Bohemians." Nation, vol. 184, no. 8 (Feb. 23, 1957) (159-162).
Rosenthal, M.L. "Poet Of the New Violence" [review of Howl And Other Poems]. Nation, vol. 184, no. 8 (Feb. 23, 1957) (162).
Klausner, Howard B. "Patterson Man's Poems Draw Attention Of Major Critics." Herald-News (Feb. 25, 1957).
	Note: AG quoted briefly about freedom
Hollander, John. [Review of Howl And Other Poems]. Partisan Review, vol. 24, no. 2 (Spring 1957) (296- 298).
Customs Officer Seizes Ginsberg Poetry Book. Golden Gater (March 29, 1957).
Dickey, James. [Review of Howl And Other Poems]. Sewanee Review, vol. 65 (Summer 1957) (509-530).

Contributions to Books by Allen Ginsberg (1951-1958)

Paterson Book Four by William Carlos Williams
	[anonymous letters to WCW written by Ginsberg pp 31-33, 52] 6/11/1951
Gasoline by Gregory Corso
	[introduction by Ginsberg 7-10] 2/5/1958
Paterson Book Four by William Carlos Williams
	[anonymous letter to WCW written by Ginsberg PP 16-17] 9/17/1958

 

Selected Bibliography of Books by Allen Ginsberg and Others Especially Relevant to "Howl" (1951-1958)

Ginsberg, Allen. To Eberhart From Ginsberg: A Letter About Howl 1956:
	An explanation by Allen Ginsberg of his publication "Howl" and Richard Eberhart's New York Times Article "West Coast Rhythms together with comments by both poets and relief etchings by Jerome Kapla. (See text.)