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    <body><![CDATA[This book served as one of my youthful introductions to &quot;real&quot; poetry, and I will forever be grateful to Ginsberg for the spark within me that his words helped ignite.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[He signed my copy while at Village Green Bookstore On Monroe Ave. I remember the staff hurrying him along with his signing. He didn't acknowledge me much because of the hurrying, or was it the boy behind me in line was much more interesting, I am not sure. He signed his name under his printed name a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32716505">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although Ginsberg is best known for his strong criticism on American and Western society, I like the sense of holiness he gives to us humans. The 'Sulflower Sutra' and 'Footnote to Howl' are some of his best pieces in my opinion.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[He's not really my thing, though I like Kaddish and Howl well enough.  This is actually one of those books you kind of hope your mother never accidentally starts poking through.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I carried this heavy book in my backpack all through my teenage years. My copy of this book is so tattered and ragged.  It's pages are filled with doodles and the bad poems written by a 15 year-old Rachel.   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book as part of course I took on modern American lit and while I haven't read through the book, it is an amazing collection of Ginsberg's best poetry and shows a wide range of his work.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Purchased it for myself as a graduation gift.  Returned the tattered edition I'd had from the college library for nearly a year, &quot;lost&quot;.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though it's uneven, there's so much here that you're almost guaranteed to find something that you like, and probably more than once.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[better than morning coffee or tea. great way to start your day is to read ginsberg, with force, and live through his words. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read every poem yet in this collection but what I've read piece by piece over the years is incredible. ]]></body>
    
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