A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost logo ” —Publishers Weekly

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Poetry allowed Beckett to reconcile his penchant for opulent phrasing with his preference for minimalism

Mason has harnessed the precision and power of the poet’s rapidly changing voice: from the delicate music of a poem such as “Crows” to the mature dissonance of the Illuminations

a rising young musician

best-selling author of Phil Ochs: Death of a RebelTerri Thal was very much a part of the folk music world in 1960s Greenwich Village

A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost logo ” —Publishers WeeklyAuthor: Frye Gaillard Publisher: NewSouth Books With A Hard Rain Gaillard gives us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storytellers eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times: civil rights, black power, womens liberation, the war in Vietnam, and the protests movements against it. Gaillard also examines the cultural manifestations