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Published by City Lights Books

Howl, and Other Poems

Allen Ginsberg · first published 1956

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Paroles

Jacques Prévert · first published 1945

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The Yage Letters

William S. Burroughs · first published 1963

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HowlAllen GinsbergCity Lights Books

Howl

Allen Ginsberg · first published 1956

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Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness

Charles Bukowski · first published 1972

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Motel ChroniclesSam ShepardCity Lights Books

Motel Chronicles

Sam Shepard · first published 1982

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Tales of Ordinary Madness

Charles Bukowski · first published 1983

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The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories

Charles Bukowski · first published 1983

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Erotism

Georges Bataille · first published 1986

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Blackshirts and Reds

Michael Parenti · first published 1997

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Ingrid Caven

Jean-Jacques Schuhl · first published 2000

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