1001 Ways to Beat the Draft

1001 Ways to Beat the Draft

"1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" is a satirical Vietnam War protest pamphlet written in 1966 by Robert Bashlow and Beat Generation artist Tuli Kupferberg.

The text reels through dozens of ways that young men facing conscription during the Vietnam War could avoid service. Kupferberg leaves no societal unscathed in this anti-war pamphlet, which is considered one of the most notable antiwar publications [Charters, Ann. "Robert Bly". "The Portable Sixties Reader" Ed. Charters, Ann. Penguin Classics (2002)] . Donald L. Simons, in his autobiography "I Refuse: Memories of a Vietnam War Objector", wrote "It is not possible to determine how many men successfully fooled the system, but stories of attempts, and how to do it, became part of the Sixties culture. The most famous examples were Arlo Guthrie's classic folk song, "Alice's Restaurant", and the book, "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft". [cite book
title=I Refuse: Memories of a Vietnam War Objector
author=Donald L. Simons
year=1992
publisher=Broken Rifle Press
]

The pamphlet was published originally by Oliver Layton Press, New York; Kupferberg also printed it under his publishing label, Birth Press, and an illustrated version from Grove Press came out in 1967. [D. A. Levy, "The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle: The Art and Poetry of D.a.Levy". Seven Stories Press (1999)] Kupferberg published other humorous lists in the same format, including "1001 Ways to Live Without Working" and "1001 Ways to Make Love".

An excerpt was included in Viking Press' "Portable Beat Reader" [Editor Ann Charters, a professor of English at the University of Connecticut and acclaimed Beat researcher, included an excerpt of Kupferberg's "1001 Ways to Beat the Draft" for the Viking Press "Portable Beat Reader" (1992)]

Excerpt

:# Grope J. Edgar Hoover in the silent halls of Congress.:# Get thee to a nunnery.:# Fly to the moon and refuse to come home.:# Die.:# Become Secretary of Defense.:# Become Secretary of State.:# Become Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.:# Show a li'l tit.:# Castrate yourself.

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