At Grove Press, he and Barney Rosset challenged censors as they popularized D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and others.
Source: New York Times
Fred Jordan, Publisher of Taboo-Breaking Books, Dies at 95
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