Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1951. Imprints include: Black Cat, Evergreen, Venus Library, Zebra. A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

History

In 1951 Barney Rosset purchased a small publishing company called "Grove Press". Barnet Lee Rosset, Jr. ...

Over the next years, he would turn it into an influential alternative book press in the United States. Alternative media are defined most broadly as those media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication. ...

Ann Getty and George Weidenfeld acquired Grove Press in 1985. The Atlantic Monthly Press, under the aegis of its publisher, Morgan Entrekin, merged with Grove Press in 1991. Grove is now an imprint of the still-independent publisher, Grove/Atlantic Inc., where its traditions continue. Sir Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld of Chelsea (born September 13, 1919 in Vienna) is a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. ... Grove/Atlantic Inc. ...

Grove and the literary avant-garde

Grove had a literary magazine, called the Evergreen Review. Its eclecticism can be seen in the issue from March-April 1960, which included work by Albert Camus, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bertolt Brecht, and LeRoi Jones, as well as Edward Albee's first play, The Zoo Story. Evergreen Review was a literary magazine published by Grove Press in the late 1950s and 1960s. ... Albert Camus (pronounced ) (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French author and philosopher. ... Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is a poet who is best known as the co-owner of the City Lights Bookstore and publishing house, which published early literary works of the Beat Generation, including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka (born October 7, 1934) is a U.S. writer. ... Edward Albee, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1961 Edward Franklin Albee III (born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright known for works including Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, and The Sandbox. ... Edward Albees The Zoo Story was written in 1958 and completed in just three weeks. ...

Grove published French avant-garde of the era, including Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean Genet, and Eugène Ionesco; most of the American Beats of the 1950s, including Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg; and poets associated with Black Mountain and the San Francisco Renaissance such as Robert Duncan. Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-) is a French writer and filmmaker, born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and scientists. ... Jean Genet (December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986), was a prominent, sometimes infamous, French writer and later political activist. ... Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, (November 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the absurd. ... The term Beat Generation refers primarily to a group of American writers of the 1950s. ... Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, artist, and part of the Beat Generation. ... William S. Burroughs. ... Allen Ginsberg (left) with his lifelong companion, poet Peter Orlovsky. ... The Black Mountain poets, sometimes called the Projectivist poets, were a group of mid 20th century American avant-garde or postmodern poets centered around Black Mountain College. ... The term San Francisco Renaissance is used as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centred around that city and which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetic avant-garde. ... Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 – February 3, 1988), was an American poet associated with the Black Mountain poets and the beat generation. ...

Grove published Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot after it was refused by more mainstream publishers — it turned into a bestseller. Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (April 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989) was an Irish playwright, novelist and poet. ... Vladimir (left) and Estragon (right) hold Pozzo aloft (from a production by Naqshineh Theatre). ...

They furthermore published Japanese literature, such as future Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe, who selected Grove over more financially prosperous publishers because of its commitment to free speech. Kenzaburo Oe Kenzaburo Oe (大江 健三郎 Ōe Kenzaburō, born January 31, 1935) is a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. ...

Grove and radical politics

In the 1960s, Grove Press had a tradition of publishing radical political thinkers, including Malcolm X, Frantz Fanon and Regis Debray. Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ... Frantz Fanon (July 20, 1925 – December 6, 1961) was perhaps the preeminent thinker of the 20th century on the issue of decolonization and the psychopathology of colonization. ... This article or section should be merged with Régis Debray Régis Debray is a French intellectual, journalist, government official, professor. ...

Grove and the American sexual revolution

Grove Press has contributed to the American sexual revolution. In the United States in the years 1959 through 1966, bans on three books with explicit erotic content were challenged and overturned. Two of those books were published by Grove: Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Lady Chatterleys Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence written in 1928. ... The cover of a recent edition of Tropic of Cancer. ...

Grove published the first unexpurgated edition of D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover and the first edition of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. They also published the first U.S. edition of Story of O, written pseudonymously under the name Pauline Réage, and the massive "My Secret Life" which purports to be the erotic memoirs of a Victorian English Gentleman. D.H. Lawrence at age 21 (1906) David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an important and controversial English writer of the 20th century, with his output spanning novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... Lady Chatterleys Lover is a sexually explicit novel by D. H. Lawrence written in 1928. ... The cover of a recent edition of Tropic of Cancer. ... Cover of a French edition of Histoire dO featuring Corinne Clery Histoire dO (English title: Story of O ) is a sadomasochistic novel by French author Pauline Réage, revealed a few years before her death as being the pen name of Anne Desclos (1907-1998), who also wrote... Pauline Réage, pseudonym of Anne Desclos (September 23, 1907 - April 27, 1998), was a French author. ... Henry Spencer Ashbee (21 April 1834-29 July 1900) is better known as Walter, the pseudonymous author of My Secret Life, his sexual memoirs. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

Grove Press published Vilgot Sjöman's book I Was Curious: Diary of the Making of a Film, the book of the director who was responsible for I Am Curious (Blue) and I Am Curious (Yellow). (David Harald) Vilgot Sjöman (December 2, 1924 - April 9, 2006) was a Swedish writer and film director. ... I Am Curious (Blue) is a 1968 film directed by Vilgot Sjoman. ... I Am Curious (Yellow) is a Swedish film (Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult) of 1967, directed by Vilgot Sjöman and starring Lena Nyman as herself. ...

The Lady Chatterley's Lover case

In 1959, Grove Press published an unexpurgated version of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence. The U. S. Post Office confiscated copies sent through the mail. Lawyer Charles Rembar sued the New York city postmaster and won in New York and then on federal appeal. In 1965, Tom Lehrer was to celebrate the erotic appeal of the novel in his cheerfully satirical song "Smut" with the couplet "Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?/I've got a hobby: rereading Lady Chatterley." 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lady Chatterleys Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence written in 1928. ... D.H. Lawrence at age 21 (1906) David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an important and controversial English writer of the 20th century, with his output spanning novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism and personal letters. ... A previous USPS logo The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States government (see ) responsible for providing postal service in the United States; it is generally referred to within the United States as the post office. ... Ç ... Tom Lehrer in 1960. ... Close examination of the Penny Red, left, reveals a 148 in the margin, indicating that it was printed with plate #148. ...

The Tropic of Cancer case

Henry Miller's 1934 novel, Tropic of Cancer, had explicit sexual passages and could not be published in the United States; an edition was printed by the Obelisk Press in Paris and copies were smuggled into the United States. (As of 2003, used book dealers asked $7500 and up for copies of this edition.) In 1961, Grove Press issued a copy of the work and lawsuits were brought against dozens of individual booksellers in many states for selling it. The issue was ultimately settled by the U. S. Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Miller v. California. In this decision, the court defined obscenity by what is now called the Miller test. The Wikipedia article on pornography notes that "In the United States, hardcore pornography is legal unless it meets the Miller test of obscenity, which it almost never does." Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter of German Catholic heritage. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The cover of a recent edition of Tropic of Cancer. ... Obelisk Press was an English-language press based in Paris, France, founded by Jack Kahane. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Miller v. ... The Miller test is the United States Supreme Courts test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (from Greek πόρνη (porni) prostitute and γραφή (grafi) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ...

The Naked Lunch case

The William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch was forbidden from being published in some parts of the world for approximately ten years, presumably due to the vividness of some of the material, though it found a quick release in France where Olympia Press published it soon after completion. The first American publisher to take a chance with the novel was Grove Press. The book was banned by Boston courts in 1962 due to obscenity, but that decision was reversed in a landmark 1966 opinion by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. This was the last major literary censorship battle in the US. Naked Lunch (alternately titled The Naked Lunch in some editions) is a novel by William S. Burroughs. ... Olympia Press was a Paris based publisher, best known for the first print of Nabokov s Lolita; this led to copyright issues, since Nabokov was not satisfied with the publisher and the reputation it had, since besides some serious literature, it published mostly erotic novels. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Upon publication, Grove Press added to the book supplementary material regarding the censorship battle as well as an article written by Burroughs on the topic of drug addiction. Grove would publish several editions of the novel over the next four decades, including a "Restored Text" version in 2002. Grove also published the first American paperback editions of other controversial Burroughs' works including The Soft Machine, Nova Express and The Ticket That Exploded. Grove would also publish the final collection of the author's writings, the posthumously published Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs. Drug addiction, or dependency is the compulsive use of drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. ... The Soft Machine is the title of a novel by William S. Burroughs, first published in 1961 and was Burroughs first novel after the grandbreaking publication of Naked Lunch. ... Nova Express is a 1964 novel by William Burroughs, whose plot cannot easily be described. ... The Ticket That Exploded is a novel by William S. Burroughs published in 1962. ...

External links

• 1984 audio interview with Barney Rosset by Don Swaim of CBS Radio - RealAudio
• Complete list of Grove Press titles published (work in progress). http://www.torriblezone.com/grovebib.html
• Almost complete list of titles in Grove Press' Venus Library imprint. http://home.pacbell.net/washley/vnustitl.html
• Almost complete list of titles in Grove Press' Black Cat imprint. http://home.pacbell.net/washley/bctitl.html
• Almost complete list of titles in Grove Press' Zebra imprint. http://home.pacbell.net/washley/zbratitl.html