{"product_id":"9780872864795","title":"Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of \u003ci\u003eHowl and Other Poems,\u003c\/i\u003e with nearly one million copies in print, City Lights presents the story of editing, publishing, and defending Allen Ginsberg’s landmark poem within a broader context of obscenity issues and censorship of literary works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection begins with an introduction by publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who shares his memories of hearing “Howl” first read at the 6 Gallery, of his arrest, and the subsequent legal defense of \u003ci\u003eHowl\u003c\/i\u003e ’s publication. Never-before—published correspondence of Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Kerouac, Gregory Corso, John Hollander, Richard Eberhart, and others provides an in-depth commentary on the poem’s ethi-cal intent and its social significance to the author and his contemporaries. A section on the public reaction to the trial includes newspaper reportage, op-ed pieces by Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti, and letters to the editor from the public, which provide fascinating background material on the cultural climate of the mid-1950s. A timeline of literary censorship in the United States places this battle for free expression in a historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included are photographs, transcripts of relevant trial testimony, Judge Clayton Horn’s decision and its ramifications, and a long essay by Albert Bendich, the ACLU attorney who defended \u003ci\u003eHowl\u003c\/i\u003e on constitutional grounds. Editor Bill Morgan discusses more recent challenges to \u003ci\u003eHowl\u003c\/i\u003e in the late 1980s and how the fight against censorship continues today in new guises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033297764592,"sku":"9780872864795","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780872864795_p0.jpg?v=1763850710","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780872864795","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}