- Ed Sanders
Ed Sanders (born August 17, 1939) is an American
poet ,singer ,social activist ,environmentalist ,author andpublisher . He has been called a bridge between the Beat andHippie generations.Fact|date=September 2007Biography
Sanders was born in Kansas City,
Missouri . He dropped out of the University of Missouri in 1958 and hitchhiked to New York City’sGreenwich Village . He wrote his first major poem, "Poem from Jail", on toilet paper in his cell after being jailed for protesting against nuclear proliferation in 1961.In 1962, he founded the
avant-garde journal, "". Sanders opened the Peace Eye Bookstore (147 Avenue A in what was then theLower East Side ), which became a gathering place for bohemians and radicals.Sanders graduated from
New York University in 1964, with a degree inClassics . In 1965, he foundedThe Fugs withTuli Kupferberg . The band broke up in 1969 and reformed in 1984.In 1971, Sanders wrote "The Family", a profile of the events leading up to the Tate-LaBianca murders. He obtained access to the Manson Family by posing as a "Satanic guru-maniac and dope-trapped psychopath."
As of 2006, Sanders lives in
Woodstock, New York where he publishes the "Woodstock Journal" with his wife of over 36 years, the writer and painter Miriam R. Sanders. He also invents musical instruments including the Talking Tie, the microtonal Microlyre and the Lisa Lyre, a musical contraption involving light-activated switches and a reproduction of Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa ".ee also
* ""
* "The Fugs "elected bibliography
*"Poem from Jail". San Francisco:
City Lights Books , 1963.
*"Peace Eye", 1966.
*"Fuck God in the Ass, 1967.
*"Shards of God". 1970.
*"The Family: The Story of Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion" (1971, New Edition, 1990)
*"Egyptian Hieroglyphics" (1973)
*"Tales of Beatnik Glory, Volume 1" (1975)
*"Investigative Poetry" (1976)
*"20,OOO A.D." (1976)
*"Fame & Love in New York" (1980)
*"The Z-D Generation" (1981)
*"The Cutting Prow" (1983)
*"Hymn to Maple Syrup & Other Poems" (1985)
*"Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century: Selected Poems 1961–1985" (1987)
*"Poems for Robin (1987)"
*"Tales of Beatnik Glory, Volumes 1 & 2" (1990)
*"Hymn to the Rebel Cafe" (1993)
*"Chekhov" (1995)
*"1968: A History in Verse" (1997)
*"America, A History in Verse, Vol. 1 (1900–1939)" 2000
*"The Poetry and Life of Allen Ginsberg" 2000
*"America, A History in Verse, Vol. 2 (1940–1961)" 2001
*"American, A History in Verse, Vol. 3" (1962–1970) 2004elected Solo Discography
*"Sanders' Truckstop" 1969
*"Beer Cans on the Moon" 1972
*"Yiddish-speaking socialist of the Lower East Side" 1991
*"Songs in ancient Greek" 1992
*"American Bard" 1996Discography with the Fugs
*See Fugs Discography
References
*Charters, Ann (ed.). "The Portable Beat Reader". Penguin Books. New York. 1992. ISBN 0-670-83885-3 (hc); ISBN 0-14-015102-8 (pbk)
External links
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* [http://www.woodstockjournal.com/ The Woodstock Journal]
* [http://www.michaelmagic.com/pageTogether20.html Photo Ed Sanders Performing With The Fugs, NYC, 1967] by Michael Maggid
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