Ed Sanders





Ed Sanders

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in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States
August 17, 1939

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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


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
Tales of Beatnik Glory
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions
Fug You: An Informal Histor...
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2010
1968
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
The Poetry and Life of Alle...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
America: A History in Verse...
4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions
America: A History in Verse...
4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions
Thirsting for Peace in a Ra...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
Poem from Jail
4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1963
Fame and Love in New York
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions
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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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