Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl can be examined as if a work about the archetypal trickster with a special focus on the figure of Coyote. This examination reconsiders Howl through a four-part trickster framework: appetite, boundlessness, transformative power, and a proclivity for setting and falling victim to tricks and traps. By looking at different trickster narratives, the historical and biographical contexts of Howl, and a wide variety of primary and secondary resources on Ginsberg as well as his poetry (including correspondences with Gary Snyder and James Luna), this study seeks to contribute to the current literature on the poetry of the Beats and of Allen Ginsberg, specifically his Howl, and the ways it continues to expand in meaning, depth, and significance today.

A VOW OF VENGEANCE How far would you go to find the man who murdered your wife? For Jackson Stone, a Nashville advertising executive, avid outdoorsman and former Marine, his journey begins with an extraordinary press conference to announce his deadly intentions. The sensational comments quickly go viral, and reaction is swift-from the police to Jackson's family members to his church family, from bloggers to victim's right advocates to anti-violence groups. Everyone takes sides and his comments divide Music City like never before. Soon, the hunter becomes the hunted, and Jackson's fate will be decided in a suspenseful showdown at one of Nashville's iconic landmarks There to chronicle it all is journalist Gerry Hilliard, who recounts his own role in tracking down the killer in his first "true-crime" book, 'Vendetta Stone'.