Further to cris's posting on Ginsburg. Bill Butler was prosecuted for
giving a reading of HOWL in Brighton. I forget date and details. Robert
Hampson
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> From: cris cheek[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: cris cheek
> Sent: 20 April 1998 17:47
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> Subject: Re: censorship
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> Right Ernest,
>
> I interviewed Ginsberg in '91 and we talked extensively about
> Jesse Helms et all in the US, the crusades of the moral majority
> and so forth. What was most salutary were his tales of 'Howl' and
> others of his works, being 'chilled' from the radio air by
> draconian legislation that threatened college stations with
> closure.
>
> So, 30 odd years after 'winning' censorship battles, the tides were
> being reversed. As Alaric intimated, battles fought are not 'won'
> in perpetuity. Often, they must be rematched by each new generation.
> Depressing isn't it. That goes for the aesthetically, the politically,
> culturally, socially contestable territories. Memories tend to be both
> inaccurate and short.
>
> love and love
> cris
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