Please take the time to read the following article. Then go to the link mentioned in the article to hear a full show about Howl, which includes a reading of it from 1959 by Ginsberg himself.
Why is it we can allow all manner of truly obscene matter on the airwaves (Bush's lies and deceit being near the top), but an enduring stroke of pure genius is too much for us to be trusted to hear? As Lenny Bruce once said in an analogous context, "a knowledge of syphilis is not an instruction to get it."
After listening to a bit of the program I was staggered to find that there have been readings by the author of Howl on daytime TV in past years! This shows me that the current milieu is indeed draconian if not a full-blown fascist totalitarian regime.
Sigh.....
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