Editing Howl (poem) (section)

==Critical reception==
''[[The New York Times]]'' sent [[Richard Eberhart]] to [[San Francisco]] in 1956 to report on the poetry scene there. The result of Eberhart's visit was an article published in the September 2, 1956 ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' titled "West Coast Rhythms". Eberhart's piece helped call national attention to "Howl" as "the most remarkable poem of the young group" of poets who were becoming known as the spokespersons of the [[Beat generation]].<ref>''Original Draft'' p. 155</ref>

On October 7, 2005, celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of the poem were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in [[Leeds]] in the UK. The British event, Howl for Now, was accompanied by a book of essays of the same name, edited by Simon Warner and published by Route Publishing (''Howl for Now'' {{ISBN|1-901927-25-3}}) reflecting on the piece's enduring influence.

===1997 broadcasting controversy===
[[Boston]] independent alternative rock radio station [[WFNX (101.7 FM)|WFNX]] became the first commercial radio station to broadcast "Howl" on Friday, July 18, 1997, at 6:00 p.m. despite [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) [[Watershed (television)|Safe Harbor]] laws which allow for mature content later at night.<ref>{{cite news|title=Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl': a groundbreaking performance |url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/news/97/07/17/ |newspaper=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|Boston Phoenix]] |date=July 17, 1997 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990209123915/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/news/97/07/17/ |archive-date=February 9, 1999 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = WFNX On Demand: The Best of 1997 |url = http://wfnx.com/ondemand |work = [[WFNX (101.7 FM)|WFNX]] |access-date = October 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121017120414/http://wfnx.com/ondemand |archive-date = October 17, 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

===2007 broadcasting fears===
In late August 2007, Ron Collins, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Nancy Peters, Bill Morgan, Peter Hale, David Skover, [[Al Bendich]] (one of Ferlinghetti's lawyers in the 1957 obscenity trial), and Eliot Katz petitioned [[Pacifica Radio]] to air Ginsberg's ''Howl'' on October 3, 2007, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the verdict declaring the poem to be protected under the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] against charges of obscenity. Fearing fines from the FCC, Pacifica New York radio station [[WBAI]] opted not to broadcast the poem. The station chose instead to play the poem on a special [[webcast]] program, replete with commentary (by Bob Holman, Regina Weinreich and Ron Collins, narrated by Janet Coleman), on October 3, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title='Howl' too hot to hear |first=Joe |last=Garofoli |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/03/MN0PSIM67.DTL |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=October 3, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125071555/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/03/MN0PSIM67.DTL |archive-date=November 25, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>