In 1969, Alan Ginsburg’s poem “Howl” was broadcast on Finnish radio, Yleisradio. The poem itself was written in 1954. It had already been published in Parnasso, a Finnish magazine, without legal action. But the public broadcast of the poem caused an uproar. 83 out of the 200 members of the parliament signed a complaint. A criminal investigation began in…
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