We are poets of California. The poems in this collection capture
the coast, the mountains and the city. We are on the road and in
our own hearts, a journey fueled by imagination and social
commentary. We honor the Beats in this collection because so many
of us were influenced by the works of poets like Di Prima, Kerouac,
Ginsberg and Snyder. Kerouac himself published the definition of
the Beats in Esquire Magazine: " the beats are] a generation of
crazy, illuminated hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America,
serious, curious, bumming and hitchhiking everywhere. Ragged,
beatific, beautiful in an ugly graceful new way . . . Beat, meaning
down and out but full of intense conviction." The beats asked
questions with a different rhythm. They delivered answers with new
syncopation, a rift of who went before, while simultaneously
creating something new. Creating anything new in the middle of the
20th century was a risky venture. American society wanted to
recover from world war II and settle down, not ask any more
questions, not make waves. Or as Diane de Prima said, "In the
fifties... we were so busy being cool that we didn't know how to
say the word love." The Beats risked rejection, careers, arrest,
jail, and the asylum, for their art. Not that mental instability or
extreme drug experimentation is a prerequisite for creativity but a
little lunacy, an afternoon stroll along the edge of perception and
society, can help create the new, the mad, the insightful. And
that's what our poets do, walk that line, balanced between everyday
life and something wild. We invite you to take as many moments as
you have, and swing with us.
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2014 |
| First published: |
March 2014 |
| Editors: |
Catharine Bramkamp
|
| Authors: |
Redwood Writers
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
174 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4960-9461-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4960-9461-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781496094612 |
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