Kaufman, Alan

An anthology of poetry written in the post-World War II era by a variety of American poets working outside the mainstream of the genre, including works by Sapphire, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Brautigan, Luis J. Rodriguez, Jim Morrison, and many others.

Presents an anthology of literature written primarily in the post-World War II era by a variety of American authors working outside the mainstream of the genre, including works by Jack Kerouac, Ray Bradbury, Hunter S. Thompson, Henry Miller, Sapphire, and over 150 others.

Alan Kaufman recounts the experiences he has as a child and discusses why he struggles to accept his Jewish identity.

The outlandish and often controversial verses of bohemians, beatniks, hippies, punks, slackers, and other malcontents is collected in this primer of the dispossessed.