Category Archives: Books

Robert Rauschenberg

Posted on March 28, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The property “Robert Rauschenberg worked in a wide range of mediums including painting, sculpture, prints, photography, and performance, over the span of six decades. He emerged on the American art scene at the time that Abstract Expressionism was dominant, and … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a Great Notion – Ken Kesey (1962)

Posted on March 28, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Sometimes a Great Notion is Ken Kesey‘s second novel, published in 1964. While One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962) is arguably more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey’s magnum opus. The story involves an Oregon family … Continue reading →

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Nоva – Samuel R. Delany (1968)

Posted on March 22, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Nоva is a science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany and published in 1968. Nominally space opera, it explores the politics and culture of a future where cyborg technology is universal (the novel is one of the precursors … Continue reading →

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Barbie

Posted on March 19, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched on March 9, 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration. … Continue reading →

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Searching for Graham Greene’s Havana

Posted on March 18, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It’s only when I re-read Our Man in Havana that I realized I shared a street with the hapless spy hero of Graham Greene’s novel. My own office was in a grand trading exchange in the old city that dated … Continue reading →

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The World – Edited by Joel Sloman, Anne Waldman, and others

Posted on March 16, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Anne Waldman, ed., The World Anthology: Poems from the St. Mark’s Poetry Project (1969) “In the Spring of 1966, I couldn’t wait to graduate from Bennington, and get back ‘home’ (which meant Macdougal Street and subsequently St. Mark’s Place) and the … Continue reading →

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E.P. Thompson

Posted on March 15, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is best known today for his historical work on the radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, … Continue reading →

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Enragés and Situationists in the Occupation Movement: Paris, May, 1968 – René Vienet

Posted on March 14, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Revolutionary Space: The Situationist Excursions of 1968 – “A map of the fifth arrondissement of Paris, dated May 10th 1968, shows Rue Gay-Lussac and numerous streets south of Place du Panthéon blocked by black lines. Appearing in an account of … Continue reading →

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Saul Alinsky

Posted on March 12, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community activist and political theorist. His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians, economists, bankers and business … Continue reading →

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The Poetry of Pablo Neruda – Pablo Neruda (2005)

Posted on March 11, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘In his work a continent awakens to consciousness,’ wrote the Swedish Academy in awarding the Nobel Prize to Pablo Neruda, author of more than thirty-five books of poetry and one of Latin America’s most revered writers and political figures-a loyal … Continue reading →

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