Ronald K. L Collins
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks MediaFusion
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the courtroom battles Lenny Bruce engaged in in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where he was arrested for his provocative and controversial performances critiquing the hypocrisies of American society.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's name does not appear in any First Amendment treatise or casebook. And yet when the best-selling poet and proprietor of City Lights Books was indicted under California law for publishing and selling Allen Ginsberg's poem, Howl, Ferglinghetti buttressed the tradition of dissident expression and ended an era when minds were still closed, candid literature still taboo, and when selling banned books was considered a crime. The...
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