![]() James Joyce’s Ulysses, one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, was declared obscene by a U.S. (AP Photo, used with permission from the Associated Press) Circuit Court of Appeals in a precursor to later obscenity-speech cases. ![]() The decision was upheld by the Second U.S. This challenge resulted in a district court judge addressing the issue of freedom of expression and concluding the book was not obscene. A few years later, Random House Publishers wanted to publish the book in the United States and arranged a challenge. ![]() magazine that was publishing segments of Ulysses was fined in 1921 by a New York court that found the book obscene after a chapter was published describing the main character masturbating. For more information about Stevie visit steviewalkerwebb.Irish novelist James Joyce, author of "Ulysses," is shown in this 1931 photograph. Along with his art and advocacy work, Stevie currently teaches and creates art at Harvard University and New York University's Tisch School for the arts. His work has been produced by: The Public Theatre, American Civil Liberties Union, The New Group, Cherry Lane, Zara Aina, Wooly Mammoth, Baltimore Center Stage, La Mama, and Theatre of the Oppressed-NYC. He’s The Founding Artistic Director of the Jubilee Theatre in Waco, Texas, and has created art and theatre in Madagascar, South Africa, Mexico, Mississippi, and across America. He is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award for Theatre, The Lily Award in honor of Lorraine Hansberry awarded by the Dramatists Guild of America, a 2050 Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop, and a Wellspring Scholar. He's received an Obie Award for Directing- Ain't No Mo’ (Public Theatre). He is a co-founder and Executive Director of HUNDREDSofTHOUSANDS an arts and advocacy non-profit that makes visual the suffering and inhumane treatment of incarcerated mentally ill people and the policies that adversely impact their lives. As a survivor of poverty and the associative violence that comes with growing up black and poor in America, he creates work that liberates and reframes the narratives of marginalized groups. Stevie Walker-Webb (director) is an award-winning director, writer, and cultural worker who believes in the transformational power of art. His feature adaptation of The Color Purple musical will be released in theatres in December 2023. In TV, Marcus has written for several series including Boots Riley’s “I’m a Virgo” (Amazon), “The Chi” (Showtime), “Foundation” (Apple), “NOS4A2” (AMC), “Maid,” “Tales of the City,” and “Mindhunter” (Netflix). He is an Artistic Associate for The Young Vic in London. Other plays include X or the Nation v Betty Shabazz, black odyssey, The Gospel of Living Kindness, Every Tongue, On the Levee, and The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry. He is the recipient of the 2015 Glickman Award, a finalist for the 2015 Kennedy Prize, and a 2019 Obie Award winner for his play The House That Will Not Stand. Marcus Gardley (playwright) is an acclaimed poet-playwright-screenwriter whom The New Yorker describes as “the heir to Garcia Lorca, Pirandello and Tennessee Williams.” In 2019, he was named the Library Laureate of San Francisco by the city’s mayor and the recipient of the 2019 Doris Duke Artist Award.
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