Fug Sanders' 1968 POETRY BOOK OF THE YEAR & other "PRAISE" by Bob Holman

“And now, with the deaths of Ginsberg, Burroughs, Huncke,

 I open up the pages of the new Sanders book of poetry, 1968: A History in Verse…

In 1968 rock and politics shared the air, and Ed’s playful, incisive language serves as time machine: if you were there (1968 as Place), it will cause you to resurrect that other world; if you weren’t, you’ll never believe that that year was squeezed into a year..."  

-Bob Holman on 1968: A History in Verse* by Ed Sanders

For Complete Review (in 2 parts), please click below:

Holman on Ed Sanders’ 1968 (1/2)

 Holman on Ed Sanders’ 1968 (2/2)

Check out Bob Holman’s Praise Ed Sanders Poem-  first performed at the 2001 Woodstock Poetry Festival, where the city crowned Ed Sanders Poet Laureate of Woodstock.

*To purchase a copy of 1968: A History In Verse,  click on the title, or go to your local independent book retailer (for Ferlinghetti).