Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Ed Sanders

Ed Sanders’s Followers (79)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Ed Sanders


Born
in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States
August 17, 1939

Genre
Poetry, Nonfiction, Arts & Photography


Ed Sanders is an American poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, author and publisher. He has been called a bridge between the Beat and Hippie generations.

Sanders was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He dropped out of Missouri University in 1958 and hitchhiked to New York City’s Greenwich 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, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts. Sanders opened the Peace Eye Bookstore (147 Avenue A in what was then the Lower East Side), which became a gathering place for bohemians and radicals.

Sanders graduated from New York University in 1964, with a degree ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.88 · 4,116 ratings · 360 reviews · 136 distinct works • Similar authors
The Family
3.90 avg rating — 2,688 ratings — published 1971 — 33 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Tales of Beatnik Glory
4.08 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Fug You: An Informal Histor...
4.12 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Sharon Tate: A Life
2.96 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
1968: A History in Verse
4.23 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Poetry and Life of Alle...
3.91 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Tales of Beatnik Glory/2 Vo...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
A la guerra con Satán: La I...
by
3.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Broken Glory: The Final Yea...
by
3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Thirsting for Peace in a Ra...
3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Ed Sanders…

Series by Ed Sanders

America: A History in Verse... America: A History in Verse... America: A History in Verse...
(3 books)
by
4.47 avg rating — 60 ratings

Quotes by Ed Sanders  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“I know they're not actually talking but the books on my desk seem to whisper "Drop what you're doing! Set aside your poetry! Open us, read us! Read slowly while you're at it. Always read us - every day - before you play.”
― Edward Sanders
tags: books-reading
10 likes
Like

“a page is not a four sided white void
in which to practice zeroness.”
― Ed Sanders, Investigative Poetry
tags: ed-sanders
2 likes
Like

“assassination, the activities of Sirhan Sirhan, and finally into Charles Manson and the murder of Sharon Tate. Larry Larsen provided some reliable information, given to him by Smith himself, outlining Smith’s investigation. Richard Smith prepared a report on the English Satanists around the”
― Ed Sanders, Sharon Tate: A Life
0 likes
Like

Polls

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Next Best Boo...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Book Cover Hunt -- New Game Alert!! 2975 2002 May 30, 2013 12:46PM  
All Challenges Al...: Back to school 31 116 Dec 22, 2014 05:20AM  
Nothing But Readi...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2014 644 1469 Jan 11, 2015 09:28AM  
Crazy Challenge C...: Play Ball! 169 139 Jan 26, 2015 12:57PM  
Crazy Challenge C...: This topic has been closed to new comments. A Year full of Seasonal and Holiday Fun 787 594 Jan 28, 2015 12:34PM  
Crazy Challenge C...: The Bard of Avon 329 203 Mar 13, 2016 01:25PM  
Crazy Challenge C...: 14X14 Challenge 402 255 Mar 28, 2016 09:53AM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Ed to Goodreads.