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Home / Obituaries / Fred Jordan, Publisher of Taboo-Breaking Books, Dies at 95
Posted on May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 by Proprietor

Fred Jordan, Publisher of Taboo-Breaking Books, Dies at 95

At Grove Press, he and Barney Rosset challenged censors as they popularized D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and others. Read more

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