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  2. Tropic of Cancer (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Tropic of Cancer "has had a huge and indelible impact on both the American literary tradition and American society as a whole." [55] The novel influenced many writers, as exemplified by the following: Lawrence Durrell's 1938 novel The Black Book was described as "celebrat[ing] the Henry Miller of Tropic of Cancer as his [Durrell's] literary ...

  3. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States

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    Tropic of Cancer: Henry Miller: Sexual content 1934 — — — Twilight (series) Stephenie Meyer: Religious viewpoint, violence, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group 2005–2008 — — — Two Boys Kissing: David Levithan: LGBT content, public displays of affection 2013 18 — — Ulysses: James Joyce: References to masturbation 1922

  4. Frances Steloff - Wikipedia

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    She challenged government censorship, ordering smuggled copies of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer in the 1930s and purchasing shipments of D. H. Lawrence's banned book Lady Chatterley's Lover in the late 1920s. [2] She founded the James Joyce Society at the store in 1947. [3]

  5. Edward de Grazia - Wikipedia

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    Postal Service censorship of Lysistrata (1955) [3] Grove Press v. Gerstein (1964), censorship of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer (1934), decided with Jacobellis v. Ohio; 1965 - censorship of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch (1959) 1967 censorship of film I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) Defense of Lenny Bruce

  6. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    Tropic of Cancer (1934) Henry Miller: 1934 1964 Novel (fictionalized memoir) Banned in the US in the 1930s until the early 1960s, seized by US Customs for sexually explicit content and vulgarity. The rest of Miller's work was also banned by the US. [285] Also banned in South Africa until the late 1980s. [286] The Grapes of Wrath (1939) John ...

  7. Obelisk Press - Wikipedia

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    Kahane published Henry Miller's 1934 novel, Tropic of Cancer, which had explicit sexual passages and could not therefore be published in the United States; Obelisk published five more books by Miller, as well as Richard Aldington's Death of a Hero (1930), Anaïs Nin's Winter of Artifice (1939), Cyril Connolly's first book and only novel, The ...

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Tuesday ...

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    According to the New York Times, here's exactly how to play Strands: Find theme words to fill the board. Theme words stay highlighted in blue when found.

  9. List of books banned in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The Controller of Censorship had the power to "cause any postal packet to be opened, detained, or delayed", [92] and many books were detained under the Controller's direction. [91] Books were withheld for various reasons, including interfering with the war effort, having ties to communism , and being likely to cause strong sectarian strife or ...