Anyone remember Henry Miller from the 60s?

[SecularMotion]

The publication of Miller's Tropic of Cancer in the United States in 1961 by Grove Press led to a series of obscenity trials that tested American laws on pornography. The U.S. Supreme Court, in Grove Press, Inc., v. Gerstein, citing Jacobellis v. Ohio (which was decided the same day in 1964), overruled the state court findings of obscenity and declared the book a work of literature; it was one of the notable events in what has come to be known as the sexual revolution. Elmer Gertz, the lawyer who successfully argued the initial case for the novel's publication in Illinois, became a lifelong friend of Miller's; a volume of their correspondence has been published.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Miller

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. It's "Miller Time" in the Lounge

Your Miller thread is probably about the Miller with the most lasting social impact.

[RebelOne]

2. Though I never read it, I remember the controversy about the book. n/t

[Moondog]

3. Never read the book, but

had to read the Supreme Court obscenity decisions in the early 70s. I always meant to go back and read Tropic of Cancer when I had some time, just to see what all the shouting was about. But I never got around to it.

[Tabasco_Dave]

4. Didn't think much of Tropic of Cancer

"Fuck this and fuck that etc..." I thought it was boring.

[musette_sf]

5. I remember my Dad reading "Tropic of Cancer"

and I've been to his library:

http://www.henrymiller.org/