I'm a bit embarrassed that I did that deep dive back in the day (some 40 years ago), when I was way too young to really appreciate his poetry, and by the time I really became a reader of poetry, was splitting my focus between the Confessionals and the Romantics (no regrets about either, just wish I'd expanded my scope earlier). I really need to revisit more of his non-prose work.
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Oh yeah, Howl remained on my radar then and now (just an outstanding poem), but definitely seemed to feel isolated instead of part of a movement.
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