The fall of america: poems of these states 1965-1971, paperback/allen ginsberg

National Book Award for Poetry, 1973 Beginning with -long poem of these States, - The Fall of America continues Planet News chronicle tape-recorded scribed by hand or sung condensed, the flux of car bus airplane dream consciousness Person during Automated Electronic War years, newspaper headline radio brain auto poesy & silent desk musings, headline flashing on road through these states of consciousness.

- Ginsberg] is never negligible, and he is often (the only true test) unforgettable.

- -- Helen Vendler, New York Times Book Review Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an influential writer and poet during the 1950s Beat Generation and is best known for his poem -Howl.