{"product_id":"allen-ginsberg-the-fall-of-america","title":"Allen Ginsberg - The Fall of America","description":"\u003cp\u003eVarious artists musically interpret poems from \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971\u003c\/i\u003e on this 50th Anniversary Tribute to Allen Ginsberg's \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of America\u003c\/i\u003e. Featuring Yo La Tengo, Shintaro Sakamoto, Angelique Kidjo, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Devendra Banhart, Bill Frisell, Andrew Bird and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFall of America\u003c\/i\u003e Poems published by City Lights Books in San Francisco, covers the years 1965- 1971 when Allen is crisscrossing the country, exploring a system of composition by narrating into the portable reel to reel Uher that Bob Dylan had gifted him. In 1965, Ginsberg began planning an ambitious project, a book of thematically connected poems, a collection that \"discovered\" America in poetry similar to the way Kerouac' s On the Road had explored the country in prose. The Vietnam War would be a constant presence overhanging Ginsberg's travel writings like a darkening shadow affecting daily life in the country. It would be a study of contrasts: natural beauty slammed up against an ugliness that rose out of the tensions of violence. The public' s polarized dialogue over Vietnam and, earlier in the decade, the civil\" - Michael Schumacher, from introduction to The Fall of America Journals 1965-1971.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen Ginsberg Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50455733436747,"sku":"1129752","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50455732224331,"sku":"1129446","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8cd2da29-2283-43b9-a0da-694a3a7b4385_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727193635","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/allen-ginsberg-the-fall-of-america","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}