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IPFS News Link • Free Speech

A look back at the US publisher imprisoned over James Joyce and gay novels

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In 1957, publisher Samuel Roth spent his 63rd birthday in federal prison. His appeal denied by the United States Supreme Court, he would end up serving every day of his five year sentence. The crime? He had placed "obscene" books (and flyers advertising these books) in the mail....


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