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April 18, 1958: Poet Ezra Pound was released from St. Elizabeth's Hospital for the Criminally Insane, 55 years ago today. He was arrested during World War II for making speeches on Italian radio in praise of fascism and anti-Semitism; friends and fellow poets like Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot deplored his actions but campaigned for his release.
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