Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Howl" yayi nazarin rayuwa da ayyukan mawaƙin Ba'amurke na ƙarni na 20, Allen Ginsberg. An gina shi a cikin hanyar da ba ta dace ba, fim din ya haɗu da abubuwan da suka faru na tarihi tare da nau'ikan fasahohin fina-finai. Ya sake gina rayuwar Ginsberg a farkon shekarun 1940 da 1950. Har ila yau, ya sake gabatar da wasan kwaikwayo na farko na Ginsberg na "Howl" a Gidan Gida na shida
a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 1955 a baki da fari. Karatun shi ne muhimmin bayyanar jama'a na farko na Beat Generation kuma ya taimaka wajen sanar da juyin juya halin wallafe-wallafen West Coast wanda aka sani da San Francisco Renaissance. Bugu da kari, ana fassara sassan waka ta hanyar jerin shirye-shirye masu rai. A ƙarshe, waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru suna haɗuwa da hotuna masu launi na shari'ar lalata ta 1957 na San Francisco mawaƙa da kuma City Lights Bookstore co-kafa, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, wanda shi ne mutum na farko da ya buga "Howl" a "Howl da Sauran Waƙoƙi".