Allen Ginsberg
The Fall of America : Poems of These States 1965-1971 Paperback Book
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Winner of the National Book Award for PoetryBeginning with "long poem of these States," The Fall of America is the follow up book to Ginsbergs Planet News chronicle taperecorded 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.Includes Ginsbergs condemnation of Americas actions in Vietnam, along with commentary about the moon landing, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the death of Che Guevera, and more personal events such as the passing of Ginsbergs friend and former lover Neal Cassady. Many of the poems were initially composed on an Uher Tape recorder, purchased by Ginsberg with the help of Bob Dylan.Poems in the collection include "Beginning of a Poem of These States" "Elegy For Neal Cassady" "On Neals Ashes," "Please Master," "Hum Bom!" and "September on Jessore Road.""[Ginsberg] is never negligible, and he is often (the only true test) unforgettable."Helen Vendler, New York Times Book Review"Following in the footsteps of legendary photographer Robert Franks groundbreaking The Americans and Jack Kerouacs opusOn the Road, Allen Ginsberg gives us deep insight into his poems in The Fall of America every poem this book refers to is a prismatic hall of mirrors "Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
Binding: Paperback;188 pages; Publisher: City Lights Publishers; Classification: DC; Weight: 306 g; Dimensions: 157 x 126 x 16
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Winner of the National Book Award for PoetryBeginning with "long poem of these States," The Fall of America is the follow up book to Ginsbergs Planet News chronicle taperecorded 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.Includes Ginsbergs condemnation of Americas actions in Vietnam, along with commentary about the moon landing, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the death of Che Guevera, and more personal events such as the passing of Ginsbergs friend and former lover Neal Cassady. Many of the poems were initially composed on an Uher Tape recorder, purchased by Ginsberg with the help of Bob Dylan.Poems in the collection include "Beginning of a Poem of These States" "Elegy For Neal Cassady" "On Neals Ashes," "Please Master," "Hum Bom!" and "September on Jessore Road.""[Ginsberg] is never negligible, and he is often (the only true test) unforgettable."Helen Vendler, New York Times Book Review"Following in the footsteps of legendary photographer Robert Franks groundbreaking The Americans and Jack Kerouacs opusOn the Road, Allen Ginsberg gives us deep insight into his poems in The Fall of America every poem this book refers to is a prismatic hall of mirrors "Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
Binding: Paperback;188 pages; Publisher: City Lights Publishers; Classification: DC; Weight: 306 g; Dimensions: 157 x 126 x 16
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Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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