{"product_id":"thirsting-for-peace-in-a-edward-sanders-9781566892384","title":"Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century: Selected Poems 1961-1985","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If you want to know what the '60s really were about, you'll find out between [these] covers.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[\u003cb\u003eThirsting for Peace in a Raging Century\u003c\/b\u003e] restores \u003cb\u003eEdward Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e to his rightful place at the forefront of the poetry of his time, and reminds us that spending one's days in active pursuit of the betterment of all life on the planet isn't necessarily antithetical to the creation of first-rate writing.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis American Book Award-winning collection begins with \u003cb\u003eEdward Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e' famous first \"Poem from Jail,\" written in 1961 during his incarceration for disrupting the christening of a nuclear submarine, and covers the twenty tumultuous years that followed. Now back in print, this vital addition to all collections of contemporary American poetry and culture chronicles Sanders' literary, political, and rock 'n' roll adventures, as well as the joys of life in rural Woodstock, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA legend of the American counterculture, \u003cb\u003eEdward Sanders\u003c\/b\u003e' recent books include \u003ci\u003ePoems for New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLet's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Sanders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1566892384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781566892384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coffee House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Edward Sanders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138630971647,"sku":"9781566892384","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cebe50b-f144-40ff-a3f6-06a3d12234b6.jpg?v=1687900709","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thirsting-for-peace-in-a-edward-sanders-9781566892384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}