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My Generation Waits
They do not call us Boomers, born too late to wear that name, and Generation X we’re not having slipped into life a bit too soon Each generation bides its time Seeking its voice and words to say But in … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, apathy, Generation X, ignorance, miscommunication, participation
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Add Chris Rock to the List of My Generation
In my last few posts, I was lamenting the fact that my generation seems to be missing writer voices. Well, I just picked up Rolling Stone issue 947, that included an interview with Chris Rock. I’ve always appreciated his comedy … Continue reading
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Tagged apathy, Chris Rock, communication, Generation X, influence, influences, inspiration, power
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Have the best minds of my generation been destroyed by madness?
From Ann Charters’ introduction to The Portable Beat Reader: Earlier in the history of American literature, the novelist Henry James acknowledged in his biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne that “the best things come, as a general thing, from the talents that … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Statements
Tagged Ann Charters, artists, Generation X, peers, the 60s, The Portable Beat Reader
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