The Fall of America: Poems of These States (Pocket poet series): Poems of These States 1965-1971 (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)

by Allen Ginsberg (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1986

  $12.67

  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.