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Publisher Barney Rosset Dies at 89

HeadlineFeb 23, 2012

The trailblazing publisher Barney Rosset has died at the age of 89. Rosset is widely credited with changing U.S. publishing, withstanding death threats, lawsuits and a bombing attack to win critical cases against censorship. Through his imprint Grove Press, he was an early champion of voices including Samuel Beckett, Che Guevara and Malcolm X.

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