{"product_id":"9780872864856","title":"Tau \u0026 Journey to the End","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo long-lost volumes from the classic Beat period. \u003ci\u003eTau\u003c\/i\u003e is Philip Lamantia’s mystical second collection of poems, originally slated for publication in 1955, but suppressed by the poet due to his evolving religious beliefs. \u003ci\u003eJourney to the End\u003c\/i\u003e contains the poems of the legendary John Hoffman (1928–1952), whose poems were read by Lamantia in 1955 at the 6 Gallery reading where Allen Ginsberg debuted “Howl.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLamantia’s closest friend, a character in Jack Kerouac’s \u003ci\u003eDharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e , and the inspiration for two lines of “Howl,” Hoffman moved between San Francisco and New York before his death in Mexico at the age of twenty-four. This volume includes biographical notes and Lamantia’s commentaries on Hoff man’s poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033308381424,"sku":"9780872864856","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872864856_p0.jpg?v=1763839655","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872864856","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}