{"product_id":"the-fall-of-america-journals-1965-1971-paperback","title":"The Fall of America Journals, 1965-1971 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen Ginsberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Schumacher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn autobiographical journey through America in the turbulent 1960s--the essential backstory to Ginsberg's National Book Award-winning volume of poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in 1974, \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of America\u003c\/i\u003e was Allen Ginsberg's magnum opus, a poetic account of his experiences in a nation in turmoil. What his National Book Award-winning volume documented he had also recorded, playing a reel-to-reel tape machine given to him by Bob Dylan as he traveled the nation's byways and visited its cities, finding himself again and again in the midst of history in the making--or unmaking. Through a wealth of autopoesy (transcriptions of these recorded poems) published here for the first time in the poet's journals of this period, Ginsberg can be overheard collecting the observations, events, reflections and conversations that would become his most extraordinary work as he witnessed America at a time of historic upheaval and gave voice to the troubled soul at its crossroads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fall of America Journals, 1965-1971\u003c\/i\u003e contains some of Ginsberg's finest spontaneous writing, accomplished as he pondered the best and worst his country had to offer. He speaks of his anger over the war in Vietnam, the continuing oppression of dissidents, intractable struggles, and experiments with drugs and sexuality. He mourns the deaths of his friends Neal Cassady and Jack Kerouac, parses the intricacies of the presidential politics of 1968, and grapples with personal and professional challenges in his daily life. An essential backstory to his monumental work, the journals from these years also reveal drafts of some of his most highly regarded poems, including \"Wichita Vortex Sutra,\" \"Wales Visitation,\" \"On Neal's Ashes,\" and \"Memory Gardens,\" as well as poetry published here for the first time and his notes on many of his vivid and detailed dreams. Transcribed, edited, and annotated by Michael Schumacher, a writer closely associated with Ginsberg's life and work, these journals are nothing less than a first draft of the poet's journey to the heart of twentieth-century America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was born in Newark, New Jersey. As a student at Columbia College in the 1940s, he began close friendships with William Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and Jack Kerouac, and later became associated with the Beat movement and the San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s. After jobs as a laborer, sailor, and market researcher, he published his first volume of poetry, \u003ci\u003eHowl and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1956. \"Howl\" defeated censorship trials to become one of the most widely read poems of the century. He received the National Book Award in 1974 for \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michael Schumacher is author of the acclaimed Ginsberg biography \u003ci\u003eDharma Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2016). Along with Ginsberg's \u003ci\u003eIron Curtain Journals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSouth American Journals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConversations with Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/i\u003e (all from Minnesota), he has edited \u003ci\u003eFamily Business\u003c\/i\u003e, selected correspondence between Allen and Louis Ginsberg, and \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Ginsberg\u003c\/i\u003e, a reader of Ginsberg's best work. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 9.21 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757771784480,"sku":"9780816699650","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/92212c93cf80c4ae0f2d6da887dcc2dd.webp?v=1780111404","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fall-of-america-journals-1965-1971-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}