Burroughs living in Tangier, and how his mother, Naomi, would take him to Communist meetings when he was seven. He includes several events of personal significance including his Uncle Max coming over from Russia, William S. These include: Leon Trotsky, the Scottsboro Boys, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Wobblies/IWW. He references several heroes and martyrs of significant movements such as the labor movement. When the narrator says 'It Occurs to me that I am America', he follows with 'I am talking to myself again.' The tone is generally humorous and often sarcastic though the subject is often quite serious. ' America'is a poem in a conversation form between the narrator and America. Though 'Howl' was certainly Ginsberg's most famous poem, the collection includes many examples of Ginsberg at his peak, many of which garnered nearly as much attention and praise as 'Howl' these include: This photograph of Dylan and Ginsberg was taken in 1975 Ginsberg's fame drew the attention of celebrities such as Bob Dylan. The 'other poems' File:Ginsberg-dylan.jpg Howl and Other poems would go on to sell nearly 1 million copies. Horn found Ferlinghetti not guilty of the obscenity charge, and 5,000 more copies of the text were printed to meet the public demand, which had risen in response to the publicity surrounding the trial. For printing the collection, Ferlinghetti was arrested and charged with obscenity. Originally, Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti assumed 'Howl' would be long enough to take up the entire book, but they later decided to add some similar poems Ginsberg had completed around that time Ferlinghetti was so impressed, he sent a note to Ginsberg, referencing Ralph Waldo Emerson's response to Leaves of Grass: 'I greet you at the beginning of a great career.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti offered to publish 'Howl' through City Lights soon after hearing Ginsberg perform it at the Six Gallery Reading.

Howl and other poems