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Title:

THE FALL OF AMERICA
POEMS OF THESE STATES 1965-1971

By:

Allen Ginsberg

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0872860639

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9780872860636

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Publisher:

CITY LIGHTS BOOKS

Pub. date:

1 January, 2001

Series:

City Lights Pocket Poets Series

Pages:

188

Description:

Vietnam-era poems of rage and compassion. Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry.

Synopsis:

National Book Award for Poetry, 1973Beginning 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 ReviewAllen 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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