Discussion → New poetry collection by BostonPoet Laureate Sam Cornish ( Ibbetson Street Press)

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  Doug Holder

  Jul 01, 02:31am

  
  

  Dead Beats" --A new poetry collection by Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish
  
  (Click on Picture to order) "Starting with Allen Ginsberg and ending with Charlie Parker, Sam Cornish takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the livelier segments of 1950s and early ’60s American culture. With non-stop energy, syncopated rhythms, and a fast pace that keeps you humming as you turn the pages, Cornish visits a wide array of writers, musicians, and films, stopping along the way to visit local poetry scenes and pay tribute to the homeless and poor. Calling on Jack Kerouac, Langston Hughes, Marlon Brando, Miles Davis and a host of others, Cornish makes us feel the excitement of those times, even as he and his companions absorb the complex and often disturbing history of what he aptly calls “My Young America.” — Martha Collins
  to order go to http://ibbetsonpress.com or send check or money order to Ibbetson Street Press 25 School St. Somerville, Mass. 02143

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