Howl by Allen Ginsberg - Lisa Mansell (Banned Books Week)

English and Creative Writing Senior Lecturer, Lisa Mansell explores the controversial themes in 'Beat' poem 'Howl' by Allen Ginsberg, that resulted in an obscenity trial on its publication.
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[@thenotebook838]

Dear madam, I am from India, I am also a teacher of English, your discription is so appealing and attractive I like it so much ..I have immense of words in your praise but ...

[@terrymcdonald7877]

Love this video. Thank you so much!

[@hermenutic]

Allen was one of my heroes. I got to see him read a couple times and it was quite a thrill.
He read Howl, Whichita Vortex Sutra and Wales Visitation, which he had just written and was yet to be published.

[@maciej.ratajczak]

Good stuff. Thank you.

[@yeahyeahyaha2]

Nice review, tnxs for it

[@Lebby_bug]

When was it unbanned?

[@0tto9]

What is the banned sentence?
Anyone.....

[@jrgamma]

it is probably the line with the word c**t!

[@khanafikhanafi9019]

Good, i like it

[@bdwon]

WTF, there is nothing obscene in it except what the authorities did. It's a poem about love in the time of oppression!

[@eknekron]

What was the line?!

[@syeda_jessica]

I also want to know

[@nateguerra319]

Who let themselves be fucked In the ass by saintly motorcyclists and screamed with joy, who blew and were blown by those human seraphim, the sailors, caresses of Atlantic and Caribbean love.

[@eknekron]

@@nateguerra319 Smashin

[@Baile_an_Locha]

@@nateguerra319 Well that's two lines but, yeah, I agree that it was the first of those.

[@ericgeneric135]

The line is "who let themselves be f---ed in the a-- by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with joy"

[@alsavantjes]

she looks uncomfortable