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    <body><![CDATA[laugh if you want, but this was my bible for many years, and is probably the reason i'm not plowing a tobacco field right now.  still carry it with me almost everywhere i go for more than a day or two b/c i just can't imagine being without it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not for the faint of heart: lots of drug use, violence, homoerotic references. You will, however, be transported back to that age--- and if that's a high you're interested in, then it's TOTALLY worth the crash.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bought it after a friend gave me a mix cd with, among other things, Ginsburg reading &quot;America&quot; set on top of a Tom Waits instrumental.  So many more in here that I am just now discovering.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i read HOWL<br/><br/>loved it<br/><br/>there are so many reasons that ginsberg is so incredibly well respected, but the epitome would be the work itself<br/><br/>i make a promise with myself to read more]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was amazing to me how relevant his older poetry is today, especially his poems about Vietnam.  One of my favorite poems is &quot;Birdbrain!&quot;  If only he could have witnessed this presidency.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ginsberg can be terribly entertaining and powerful. He can also be trite and plain unlikable. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ambitiously intellectual, unafraid poetry.  Written in a certain time frame and location (New York), but I won't hold that against Ginsberg.  What else was he going to write about?  Stream of consciousness writing from someone hungry for knowledge.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a comprehensive book of Allen's poetry. A must for anyone who wants to read his work. It stands a reference book next to his book of interviews on my shelf.]]></body>
    
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