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The Fall of America
Poems of These States 1965-1971
Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series
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This poetic work will appeal to readers interested in American history, counterculture, and experimental poetry, especially those fascinated by the Beat Generation and Allen Ginsberg's influential voice.
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National Book Award for Poetry, 1973
Beginning with "long poem of these States," The Fall of America continues Planet News chronicle tape-recorded scribed by hand or sung condensed, the flux of car bus airplane dream consciousness Person during Automated Electronic War years, newspaper headline radio brain auto poesy & silent desk musings, headline flashing on road through these states of consciousness...
"[Ginsberg] is never negligible, and he is often (the only true test) unforgettable." - Helen Vendler, New York Times Book Review
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an influential writer and poet during the 1950's Beat Generation and is best known for his poem "Howl."
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Helen Vendler of the New York Times Book Review praised Ginsberg, stating he "is never negligible, and he is often (the only true test) unforgettable."
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ISBN: 9780872860636
Publisher: City Lights Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 July 1972
Country: United States
Imprint: City Lights Books
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 124.0mm
Height: 157.0mm
Weight: 184g
Pages: 188
About the Author
Allen Ginsberg was born June 3, 1926, the son of Naomi Ginsberg, Russian emigre, and Louis Ginsberg, lyric poet and school teacher, in Paterson, N.J. To these facts Ginsberg adds: "High school in Paterson till 17, Columbia College, merchant marine, Texas and Denver copyboy, Times Square, amigos in jail, dishwashing, book reviews, Mexico City, market research, Satori in Harlem, Yucatan and Chiapas 1954, West Coast 3 years. Later Arctic Sea trip, Tangier, Venice, Amsterdam, Paris, read at Oxford Harvard Columbia Chicago, quit, wrote "Kaddish" 1959, made tape to leave behind & fade in Orient awhile. Carl Solomon to whom "Howl" is addressed, is a intuitive Bronx dadaist and prose-poet."
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