1968

by Ed Sanders

Book Overview

"... this is the '68 / whose pulses still surge / in my psyche," writes author Edward Sanders. What he's done with that surge is to take memoir, anecdote, and factual research and fashion them into an epic, book-length poem.

Sanders is distinguished among the poets of his generation by his engagement with history, including its missed chances, wrong turns, broken hearts. He evokes participation, performance and prophecy in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574230379
• ISBN13: 9781574230376
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The most tumultous year on paper in poetry and pictures

What a great book! Almost as good as Tales! The way it's all written, and the pictures he draws along with them, and all the emotion and experience were shoved into this book, mking for a great read. I DEFINITELY recommend this for anyone trying to find a concise and well written book about the hippes, yippies, Abbie, Ed, Jerry, Fugs, or anything else that went down during that great year. He writes about the Chicago and the Democratic Convention superbly!

Poetic rendition of the political/cultural history of 1968

Were you there in 1968? If so, this book will bring you back to the days of MLK,jr. RFK, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix like no other history. Are you too young to remember 1968? If so, this book's poetic verse will provide you with an integrated feeling for the intertwined events of political and cultural change represented by the assassination of two great leaders, MLK,jr and RFK; the rioting of police at the Democratic convention, the musical revolution of Janis Joplin, the Doors, Jim Hendrix and the Grateful Dead. By tracing the year chronologically via everyday events, Ed Sanders allows the reader to live 1968 again. The author's verse, reflective of his 30 years as a poet, bard and musician, brings alive 1968 and brings the history of the era to the reader. An easy read? Yes. But true to the power of poetry, this is a gutsy read.