Rimbaud originally distributedA Season In Hell to friends as a self-published booklet, and soon afterward, at the age of nineteen, quit poetry altogether. New Directionss edition was among the first to be published in the U.S., and it quickly became a classic. Rimbauds famous poem ``The Drunken Boat`` was subsequently added to the first paperbook printing. Allen Ginsberg proclaimed Arthur Rimbaud as ``the first punk`` -- a visionary mentor to the Beats for both his recklessness and his fiery poetry. This new edition proudly dons the original Alvin Lustig-designed cover, and a introduction by another famous rebel -- and now National Book Award-winner -- Patti Smith.