80,000+ Books in-stock in NZ 📚

King’s Birthday Sale starts early! Up to 20% off books, games & toys 👑

The Fall of America

Poems of These States 1965-1971
By Allen Ginsberg
Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series
0.0 (0 reviews)
4.07 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 1,294 ratings, 59 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
The Fall of America by Allen Ginsberg, awarded the National Book Award for Poetry in 1973, is a powerful poetic chronicle of the United States during a turbulent era. Beginning with the "long poem of these States," Ginsberg captures a vivid flux of consciousness amid the Automated Electronic War years. His work blends newspaper headlines, radio sounds, and personal reflections into a dynamic stream of car, bus, and airplane dream consciousness. The collection reflects the raw pulse of American life and culture through Ginsberg's unique voice.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$2799
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 4-6 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This poetic work will appeal to readers interested in American history, counterculture, and experimental poetry, especially those fascinated by the Beat Generation and Allen Ginsberg's influential voice.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

Vietnam-era poems of rage and compassion. Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

National Book Award for Poetry, 1973

Beginning with "long poem of these States," The Fall of America continues Planet News chronicle tape-recorded scribed by hand or sung condensed, the flux of car bus airplane dream consciousness Person during Automated Electronic War years, newspaper headline radio brain auto poesy & silent desk musings, headline flashing on road through these states of consciousness...

"[Ginsberg] is never negligible, and he is often (the only true test) unforgettable." - Helen Vendler, New York Times Book Review

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an influential writer and poet during the 1950's Beat Generation and is best known for his poem "Howl."

Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series

View all

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Helen Vendler of the New York Times Book Review praised Ginsberg, stating he "is never negligible, and he is often (the only true test) unforgettable."

Book Hero reading reviews

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780872860636

Publisher: City Lights Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 July 1972

Country: United States

Imprint: City Lights Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 157.0mm

Weight: 184g

Pages: 188

Collections

Allen Ginsberg Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series

About the Author

Allen Ginsberg was born June 3, 1926, the son of Naomi Ginsberg, Russian emigre, and Louis Ginsberg, lyric poet and school teacher, in Paterson, N.J. To these facts Ginsberg adds: "High school in Paterson till 17, Columbia College, merchant marine, Texas and Denver copyboy, Times Square, amigos in jail, dishwashing, book reviews, Mexico City, market research, Satori in Harlem, Yucatan and Chiapas 1954, West Coast 3 years. Later Arctic Sea trip, Tangier, Venice, Amsterdam, Paris, read at Oxford Harvard Columbia Chicago, quit, wrote "Kaddish" 1959, made tape to leave behind & fade in Orient awhile. Carl Solomon to whom "Howl" is addressed, is a intuitive Bronx dadaist and prose-poet."

Also by Allen Ginsberg

View all

More from Arts & Culture

View all

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 80,000 books and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.

The Latest at Book Hero

View all