Books & Periodicals
Barry, Julian. Lenny (Grove Press, 1971).
Bruce, Lenny. How to Talk Dirty and
Influence
People (Playboy Press, 1965).
Collins, K. L. & Skover, David. The
Trials
of Lenny Bruce: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon (Sourcebooks,
2002).
Garbus, Martin. Ready for the Defense
((Farrar, Straus, 1971)
Garbus, Martin & Cohen, Stanley. Tough
Talk: How I Fought for Writers, Comics, Bigots, and the American Way
(Times Books, 1998).
Goldman, Albert. Ladies and
Gentlemen--Lenny
Bruce! (Random House, 1974).
Kofsky, Frank. Lenny Bruce: The Comedian
as Social Critic and Secular Moralist (Monad Press, 1974).
Kuh, Richard. Foolish Figleaves?
Pornography
in--and out of--Court (Macmillan, 1967).
Morgenstern, Joe. "Lenny Lives!" Playboy
(August 1991).
Thomas, William Karl. Lenny Bruce: The
Making
of a Prophet (Archon, 1989).
Videos
The Lenny Bruce Performance Film (DVD)(2005)
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
(Weide,
Robert, producer; aired on HBO)(1998)
Lenny (Worth, Marvin, producer; United
Artists)(1974)
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears (Abrams,
Daniel,
producer; Atlantic, 1971)
Recordings
The Law, Language and Lenny Bruce
(Warner-Spector,
1974)(LP)
Lenny Bruce: American (Fantasy Records,
1962) (LP)
Lenny Bruce: Carnegie Hall (United Artist
Records, 1972)(2 LPs)
Lenny Bruce Is Out Again (Philles
Records,
1965)(LP)
Lenny Bruce, Live 1962: Busted! (Viper's
Nest Records, 1995)(CD)
Lenny Bruce Originals, Volumes I & II
(Fantasy, 1991)(CDs)
The Sick Humor of Lenny Bruce (Fantasy
Records, 1959)(LP)
To Is a Preposition; Come is a Verb
(Knitting
Factory, 2000)(CD)
The Trials of Lenny Bruce (one-hour CD
accompanying the Collins & Skover book, narrated by Nat
Hentoff)(2002)
Cases & Transcript Excerpts
People v Bruce, 202 N. E. 2d 497 (Ill. 1964)(decision
of Illinois Supreme Court reversing Bruce's conviction in the Gate of
Horn
obscenity trial).
People v Solomon, 255 N. E. 2d 720 (N. Y. 1970)(decision
of New York's highest court affirming the reversal of Bruce's
co-defendant
in the Cafe Au Go Go obscenity trial).
American Jury Trials, Volume 10, pp. 232-249
(1965)(testimony
of Dorothy Kilgallen in the Cafe Au Go Go obscenity trial).