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Transcript: Revisiting Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' at 50
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LINDA WERTHEIMER
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)
05-20-2006
Revisiting Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' at 50
Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER
Time: 1200-1300 PM
LINDA WERTHEIMER, host:
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer.
Coming up, what on earth can a horse do with a million dollars?
But first, 50 years ago a poem was published that changed the literary world and gave voice to a new generation that would change American culture. Howl, by Allen Ginsberg, is being celebrated this year in readings, panel discussions, and literary events around the world.
From New York, Tom Vitale prepared this report.
TOM VITALE reporting:
In 1985, sitting in his Lower East Side bedroom office, in a ...