“Howl” and the Obscenity Trial - Tablet Magazine

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"Howl" and the Obscenity Trial Tablet Magazine On this date in 1957, California Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" was not obscene. The much-publicized trial, which made its way into magazines like Time and Life, famously featured the testimony of nine literary experts ...