This is a collection of thirty-two essays, memoirs, and poems about
tumultuous times. Universities were under attack and free speech
was in question. The byword of the culture rang out, "Question
authority." It was also a time to come together and discuss such
things as the worth of a word in a poem. The young writers who
started The Berkeley Poets Cooperative decided to have a say-so
about what was important in literature and in the culture. The
combined voices form a patchwork quilt of a unique era in Berkeley,
California 1960-1990. Why revisit literary history? Nearly half a
century since the founding of the Berkeley Poets Cooperative, the
difficult times have returned. The Great Recession of 2007, the
rise in poverty, a rise of the super-rich, inequality of the 1%
versus the 99% --the culture is beginning to fear the closing down
of the "American dream." The intention is to share this amazing
period in history, from the point of view of poets and writers who
were there and lived the experience, and remind the reader of the
optimism of "the way we were," when everything seemed possible.
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