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On the 25th of March, 1957, customs officials seized 520 copies of Allen Ginsberg\u2019s<\/a> book Howl and Other Poems<\/span><\/a> which had been shipped from a printer in London. The publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti was charged with purveying obscenity.<\/p>\n

On this day in 1957 Judge Clayton Horn declared in favor of Ferlinghetti, declaring the poem\u2019s importance.<\/p>\n

Considering our times, this seems a worthy moment to recall it, the rage, and the beauty\u2026<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOWL PART 2 MOLOCH -ALLEN GINSBERG\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MHOhD0RT9NU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOWL-PART 3-I AM WITH YOU IN ROCKLAND\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUSCf6jWm-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-142015572644060922?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 25th of March, 1957, customs officials seized 520 copies of Allen Ginsberg\u2019s book Howl and Other Poems which had been shipped from a printer in London. 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