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He studied at Columbia University in the 1940s and moved to San Fransico in 1954. <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8]</ref> ''Howl and Other Poems'' was published in 1956 and in May that year, police seized copies from a bookshop and charged the owners with publishing and selling an obscene and indecent book. This charge was rejected in October 1957 when Judge Clayton Horn ruled that the book had redeeming social value. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref> During the trial, Ginsberg relocated to [[Paris]] with his partner Peter Orlovsky. They remained together for the forty years till Ginsberg's death. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref>
He studied at Columbia University in the 1940s and moved to San Fransico in 1954. <ref>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/8]</ref> ''Howl and Other Poems'' was published in 1956 and in May that year, police seized copies from a bookshop and charged the owners with publishing and selling an obscene and indecent book. This charge was rejected in October 1957 when Judge Clayton Horn ruled that the book had redeeming social value. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref> During the trial, Ginsberg relocated to [[Paris]] with his partner Peter Orlovsky. They remained together for the forty years till Ginsberg's death. <ref>[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm]</ref>
===Ginsberg, NAMBLA, and Pederasty===
There is evidence in his poetry that Ginsberg (like his friend [[William S. Burroughs]]) was sexually attracted to pre-pubescent males (see for example, "Sweet Boy Give Me Your A**"), he was never charged with any sexual crime or misbehavior.
Ginsberg also spoke out in defense of the freedom of speech on behalf of [[NAMBLA]]. He saw the organization's right to exist as a civil liberties issue and claimed he joined to make a political statement. According to Ginsberg in "Thoughts on NAMBLA" published in ''Deliberate Prose'': "NAMBLA's is an organization of pedophiles attempting to abolish laws prohibiting adult sexual contact with minors.
== References ==
== References ==
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5. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm
5. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/ginsberg/life.htm
6. http://www.salon.com/april97/columnists/paglia970415.html
[[Category:Poets|Ginsberg, Allen]]
[[Category:Poets|Ginsberg, Allen]]