Nearly 60 years after its first public reading in October 1955, a concert was held in downtown Los Angeles to honor “Howl,” Allen Ginsberg’s epic, zeitgeist-channeling poem that wrestled with sexuality, creativity, drugs, capitalism and the contradictory forces that were shaping midcentury America. Although not as consistently revelatory as the poem…

Source: RollingStone
Link: Courtney Love, Amy Poehler Salute Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' in L.A.