Stanford Libraries post digital archive of drafts of Allen Ginsberg's HOWL
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2S2K5)
Ginsberg's HOWL isn't merely a masterwork of poetry, nor is it merely a classic; it is also an indelible part of American free speech jurisprudence: when US Customs seized copies of the poem on their way into New York from the British printer's presses, the resulting obscenity trial made history. (more")