When I got back to NY had the opportunity to work with the beginning years of the poetry … - Anne Waldman

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Thank God for books and music and things I can think about. " --Charlie Gordan

Anne Waldman

When I got back to NY had the opportunity to work with the beginning years of the poetry project which was founded with money from the OEO under Lyndon Johnson to work with alienated youth on the lower East side. This was extraordinary, to be able to help then to create a culture that would capture the energy that I felt at Berkley.

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