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Howl and Other Poems

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Banned & Challenged Books
Challenge reasons: LGBT content, sexual content, crude language, drug, alcohol, tobacco
In 1957, US Customs seized 520 copies of this book. Later that same year, this book was declared not obscene in a court decision.