![]() This piece was included in the 50th-anniversary Howl facsimile, as part of an appendix. It was written with Antonin Artaud somewhat in mind, because he had received the same treatment himself, when he was unjustly institutionalized by the French government. It is an account of the shock-therapy treatment used to treat patients in asylums, drawn directly from personal experience. ![]() One of Solomon's best-known poems and writing is Report from the Asylum: Afterthoughts of a Shock Patient. In Paris, he witnessed Antonin Artaud give a screaming poetry reading-this so impressed him that he would remain a disciple of Artaud for much of his life. In his travels overseas, Solomon became exposed to Surrealism and Dada, ideas that would inspire him throughout his life. ![]() About Carl Solomon Carl Solomon was an American poet and writer. ![]()
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