Playboy. Braille Edition. Part 2 of 5 Parts. May 1983
Playboy magazine
1983
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The Braille edition of Playboy feels closer to a conceptual work of art than to the magazine itself. For decades, Playboy published a Braille edition for blind and visually impaired readers. Funded by the U.S. ...
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Playboy. Braille Edition. Part 2 of 5 Parts. May 1983
Playboy magazine
1983
N.p. [Chicago]: Playboy and National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Unpaginated [88 pages]
28.3 × 27.7 cm

The Braille edition of Playboy feels closer to a conceptual work of art than to the magazine itself. For decades, Playboy published a Braille edition for blind and visually impaired readers. Funded by the U.S. Library of Congress through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, this edition omitted the nude photographs and instead reproduced only the magazine's textual content.


 


The project became the subject of controversy in the 1980s when Chalmers Wylie, a Republican congressman from Ohio, sought to withdraw public funding. A court subsequently ordered the funding to be restored, ruling that its withdrawal constituted an infringement on access to information.


 


Despite its popular reputation, Playboy also played a significant role as a political, cultural, and literary magazine. It published early discussions of gay rights, women's rights, freedom of expression, and First Amendment issues, while featuring contributions by acclaimed authors including Truman Capote, Haruki Murakami, Anaïs Nin, and Margaret Atwood, alongside artwork by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and Ellen Lanyon.

N.p. [Chicago]: Playboy and National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Unpaginated [88 pages]
28.3 × 27.7 cm

The Braille edition of Playboy feels closer to a conceptual work of art than to the magazine itself. For decades, Playboy published a Braille edition for blind and visually impaired readers. Funded by the U.S. Library of Congress through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, this edition omitted the nude photographs and instead reproduced only the magazine's textual content.

 

The project became the subject of controversy in the 1980s when Chalmers Wylie, a Republican congressman from Ohio, sought to withdraw public funding. A court subsequently ordered the funding to be restored, ruling that its withdrawal constituted an infringement on access to information.

 

Despite its popular reputation, Playboy also played a significant role as a political, cultural, and literary magazine. It published early discussions of gay rights, women's rights, freedom of expression, and First Amendment issues, while featuring contributions by acclaimed authors including Truman Capote, Haruki Murakami, Anaïs Nin, and Margaret Atwood, alongside artwork by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and Ellen Lanyon.

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The Braille edition of Playboy feels closer to a conceptual work of art than to the magazine itself. For decades, Playboy published a Braille edition for blind and visually impaired readers. Funded by the U.S. Library of Congress through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, this edition omitted the nude photographs and instead reproduced only the magazine's textual content.

 

The project became the subject of controversy in the 1980s when Chalmers Wylie, a Republican congressman from Ohio, sought to withdraw public funding. A court subsequently ordered the funding to be restored, ruling that its withdrawal constituted an infringement on access to information.

 

Despite its popular reputation, Playboy also played a significant role as a political, cultural, and literary magazine. It published early discussions of gay rights, women's rights, freedom of expression, and First Amendment issues, while featuring contributions by acclaimed authors including Truman Capote, Haruki Murakami, Anaïs Nin, and Margaret Atwood, alongside artwork by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and Ellen Lanyon.

N.p. [Chicago]: Playboy and National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Unpaginated [88 pages]
28.3 × 27.7 cm

The Braille edition of Playboy feels closer to a conceptual work of art than to the magazine itself. For decades, Playboy published a Braille edition for blind and visually impaired readers. Funded by the U.S. Library of Congress through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, this edition omitted the nude photographs and instead reproduced only the magazine's textual content.

 

The project became the subject of controversy in the 1980s when Chalmers Wylie, a Republican congressman from Ohio, sought to withdraw public funding. A court subsequently ordered the funding to be restored, ruling that its withdrawal constituted an infringement on access to information.

 

Despite its popular reputation, Playboy also played a significant role as a political, cultural, and literary magazine. It published early discussions of gay rights, women's rights, freedom of expression, and First Amendment issues, while featuring contributions by acclaimed authors including Truman Capote, Haruki Murakami, Anaïs Nin, and Margaret Atwood, alongside artwork by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and Ellen Lanyon.

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The Braille edition of Playboy feels closer to a conceptual work of art than to the magazine itself. For decades, Playboy published a Braille edition for blind and visually impaired readers. Funded by the U.S. Library of Congress through its National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, this edition omitted the nude photographs and instead reproduced only the magazine's textual content.

 

The project became the subject of controversy in the 1980s when Chalmers Wylie, a Republican congressman from Ohio, sought to withdraw public funding. A court subsequently ordered the funding to be restored, ruling that its withdrawal constituted an infringement on access to information.

 

Despite its popular reputation, Playboy also played a significant role as a political, cultural, and literary magazine. It published early discussions of gay rights, women's rights, freedom of expression, and First Amendment issues, while featuring contributions by acclaimed authors including Truman Capote, Haruki Murakami, Anaïs Nin, and Margaret Atwood, alongside artwork by Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and Ellen Lanyon.

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