Panel on Howl / moderated by Lewis Hill.

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Program Title:
Panel on Howl / moderated by Lewis Hill.
PRA Archive #: 
BB1894
Description: 

Panel discussion on the issues surrounding the obscenity trial caused when Pacifica aired a reading of Alan Ginsberg's poem 'Howel.'|PANEL ON "HOWL" Lewis Hill, Pacifica's first president, moderates a panel discussing the issues surrounding the obsenity trial precipitated by Allen Ginsberg's controversial poem, "Howl", one of the classics of the early beat generation. Participating in the panel are William Hogan, book editor of the San Francisco Chronicle| Mark Schorer, author and teacher| Lawrence Ferlinghetti, publisher, poet, and owner of City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, who was actually the defendant in the case| George Brunn, attorney| and Leroy Merritt, Professor of Librarianship at the University of California, Berkeley, and Chairman of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the California Library Association.

Date Broadcast on: 
KPFA, 12 Jun. 1957.
Item duration: 
1 reel (63 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.|63:00
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1957.
Rights Summary: 
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
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