"Seething Nation! Vast & Flowing! Day & Night & Dawn!" Bold, sweeping, investigative, rhapsodic, hilarious, heart-rendering, thought-provoking, Edward Sanders' three-volume, America: A History in Verse uniquely and brilliantly tells "the story of America...a million stranded fabric / woven by billions of hands & minds." It is by turns angry, wistful, defiant and extremely funny re-inventions of historical and biographical worlds, a highly original mix of chronicle, anecdote, document, reportage, paean and polemic. ...
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"Seething Nation! Vast & Flowing! Day & Night & Dawn!" Bold, sweeping, investigative, rhapsodic, hilarious, heart-rendering, thought-provoking, Edward Sanders' three-volume, America: A History in Verse uniquely and brilliantly tells "the story of America...a million stranded fabric / woven by billions of hands & minds." It is by turns angry, wistful, defiant and extremely funny re-inventions of historical and biographical worlds, a highly original mix of chronicle, anecdote, document, reportage, paean and polemic. Volume 2 1940-1961 begins and ends with America on the brink of a war and great changes--in 1940 "with greed & evil / somewhat in check / when compared to Europe," and in 1961, "at the beginning of a decade / that revealed the best & the worst / of a great nation." Sanders' reinventions of past worlds offer a moving masque of time constructed out of multiple narrative aspects and tones, skillfully and variously implemented by a poetic style of compacted history.
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Add this copy of America, a History is Verse. Volume 2, 1940-1961. to cart. $52.00, like new condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Black Sparrow.
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Fine. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s) pp. 422. 14600 shelf. Unread. Olive cloth spine w/ photo bds. No names, clean text. Original mylar wrapper. 422 pgs.
Add this copy of America: a History in Verse, Vol. 2: 1940-1961 to cart. $80.86, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Black Sparrow Press.
Add this copy of America: a History in Verse, Volume 2: 1940-1961 to cart. $106.95, like new condition, Sold by Bookworks rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) SIGNED. First limited edition, first printing. One of 26 lettered hardback copies with this being copy "P". Includes the unprinted acetate jacket. As well as being an established poet, Sanders was a founding member of The Fugs. Very fine condition.
Add this copy of America. a History in Verse. Volume 2: 1940-1961 to cart. $47.00, like new condition, Sold by Treehorn Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Rosa, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1574231499. This is copy no. 72 of 125 hardcover copies numbered & signed by the author. This is a new book. It was purchased directly from the Black Sparrow Press warehouse when the publisher was sold to Harper Collins.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 422 pages; Signed by Author.
