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    Which Words Still Shock Me? Not Many.

    Seven thoughts on obscenity in honor of Carlin’s ‘Seven Words’

    byMarjorie Ingall
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    Today in History: Carlin Performs ‘Seven Words’

    Lenny Bruce’s ‘obscene’ routines inspired Carlin whose views on the politics of language remain influential

    byJonathan Zalman
  • Image from Heavy Traffic, directed by Ralph Bakshi.(Courtesy of the artist)
    Image from Heavy Traffic, directed by Ralph Bakshi.(Courtesy of the artist)
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    Bigger, Longer, Bakshi

    How the godfather of X-rated animation—subject of recent screenings—paved the way for South Park

    byAlexander Aciman
  • Tropic of Cancer, 1961 Grove Press edition.(Illustration: Abigail Miller/Tablet Magazine; cover image: Beinecke Library, Yale)
    Tropic of Cancer, 1961 Grove Press edition.(Illustration: Abigail Miller/Tablet Magazine; cover image: Beinecke Library, Yale)
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    Tropical Storm

    Henry Miller had complicated feelings about Jews, but his works wouldn’t have reached American audiences without them

    byJosh Lambert
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