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Ed Sanders

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in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States

August 17, 1939

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Poetry, Nonfiction, Arts & Photography

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Ed Sanders is an American poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, author and publisher. He has been called a bridge between the Beat and Hippie generations.

Sanders was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He dropped out of Missouri University in 1958 and hitchhiked to New York City’s Greenwich Village. He wrote his first major poem, "Poem from Jail," on toilet paper in his cell after being jailed for protesting against nuclear proliferation in 1961.

In 1962, he founded the avant-garde journal, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts. Sanders opened the Peace Eye Bookstore (147 Avenue A in what was then the Lower East Side), which became a gathering place for bohemians and radicals.

Sanders graduated from New York University in 1964, with a degree...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 1,230 ratings · 117 reviews · 37 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Family 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 1971 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Beatnik Glory 4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, the Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1968 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetry and Life of Allen Ginsberg 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America: A History in Verse, Vol 3: 1962-1970 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America: A History in Verse, Vol 1: 1900-1939 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century: Selected Poems 1961-85 (Selected Works 2) 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poem from Jail 4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1963	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fame and Love in New York 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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America: A History in Verse (3 books)
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“I know they're not actually talking but the books on my desk seem to whisper "Drop what you're doing! Set aside your poetry! Open us, read us! Read slowly while you're at it. Always read us - every day - before you play.”
― Ed Sanders

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