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...Millionaire"-and the small press that first published it 30 years ago, Adventures in Poetry. Edited by Larry Fagin, a iconic figure in New York underground, Adventures in Poetry was one of several dozen shoestring publishing ventures that burst onto the scene during the "Mimeo-revolution" of the 1960s. The revival of the press represents an effort both to rehabilitate the spirit of community that characterized the New York avant-garde while highlighting what Fagin thinks are the best minds of the present generation...
When it comes to race, Americans have a history. We allowed race to blind us to the real goals of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and we continue to allow race to blind us to the goals of the Palestinians. But we are not powerless against these habits. By thinking about them and criticizing them, we can rid ourselves of this distorted lens and gain true insight into the aims and aspirations of people in the Middle East...
...favor Gore. Worse, the board moved into a smaller room that cut off public observation. "They denied our legal rights," says Paul Crespo, an ex-Marine and coordinator of a group called Young Professionals for Bush. "We cried foul." In fact, the Republicans, who justifiably delight in throwing 1960s chants back at Democrats, began shouting, "The whole world is watching...
...totally committed to his profession that he really pulled a curtain down on anything else," says Mark Solomon, a professor emeritus at Simmons College. "I remember talking to him in the 1960s about what was going on temporarily and he looked at me and said 'I'm totally immersed in my period...
...Gore was so frightened of approaching the word....'Poverty' has not figured in American political discourse since the 1960s," he said. "The Democrats don't want to be seen as the party of the poor...