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108 become a student activist. Hayden, Reunion, 76.
108 “myth is the definitive revolution.” Raskin, For the Hell of It, 129.
108 “the most important philosopher alive.” The New York Times, October 27, 1968.
109 Marx, Mao, and Marcuse. Time, March 22, 1968.
109 to mention “the philosophers of destruction.” Elena Poniatowska, La Noche de Tlatelolco (Mexico City: Biblioteca Era, 1993), 38. This and other translations from Spanish, unless otherwise indicated, are by the author.
110 “the outstanding characteristic of our generation.” David J. Garrow, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (New York: William Morrow & Co., 1986), 54.
111 by a ratio of eight to seven did. The New York Times, July 3, 1968.
111 who was willing to use them. Hugh Pearson, The Shadow of a Panther (New York: Addison-Wesley, 1994), 149–50.
112 “shoot to maim” any looters. Time, April 26, 1968.
112 “Huey had the good sense to defend himself.” Pearson, The Shadow of a Panther, 149.
113 “find any other in the place.” The New York Times, July 24, 1968.
114 “de Lawd” Dellinger, From Yale to Jail, 263.
114 they had gone off to different schools. Garrow, Bearing the Cross, 33.
114 “intellectual jive.” Ibid., 45.
114 more mature than he was. Ibid., 53.
114 “give them leadership.” Ibid., 84.
115 “Fucking’s a form of anxiety reduction.” Ibid., 375.
115 said political activist Michael Harrington. Ibid.
115 only solution was for him to take his own life. David J. Garrow, The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.: From “Solo” to Memphis (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1981), 125–26.
115 “but I’m afraid it will fall on deaf ears.” Garrow, Bearing the Cross, 557.
115 “Maybe it will heed the voice of violence.” Ibid., 612.
116 “end this nonviolence bullshit.” Isserman and Kazin, America Divided, 227.
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119 “one of the boys. Just like Dad.” Konstanty Gebert, interviewed July 1992.
120 shouted, “Long live the workers of Poznan,” The New York Times, March 17, 1968.
121 “children of the elite.” Jacek Kuroń, interviewed June 2001.
121 “We didn’t understand each other.” Eugeniusz Smolar, interviewed June 2001.
121 “a kind of excitement.” Joanne Szczesna, interviewed June 2001.
123 “violence was another surprise.” Nina Smolar, interviewed June 2001.
125 a Jew and a political adversary of Moczar. The New York Times, March 19, 1968.
128 “wait for this capital to bear fruit.” Trybuna Ludu, March 26, 1968.
CHAPTER 8: Poetry, Politics, and a Tough Second Act
129 with new arrivals and he had to read it again. Life, September 6, 1968.
131 Louis got him to remove the lines. Michael Schumacher, Dharma Lion: A Critical Biography of Allen Ginsberg (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992).
131 safely back in the East Village. Ibid., xiv–xv.
132 each Ginsberg had his cheerers. The New York Times, January 18, 1968.
132 “I’m a stringer of words.” Life, February 9, 1968.
132 “an amplified poet in black leather pants.” Ibid., April 12, 1968.
133 “Wallace Stevens. That’s poetry.” The New York Times Magazine, October 13, 1968.
133 would have walked out of the room. Schumacher, Dharma Lion, 489.
134 “no importance here in Russia to us.” Ibid., 434.
134 “a big man on campus.” Life, October 18, 1968.
135 “So do we.” The New York Times, August 31, 1968.
135 “Robert Lowell is traveling with the candidate.” Life, April 12, 1968.
135 Lowenstein’s first choice, one last time. Witcover, The Year the Dream Died, 149.
135 peasant uprising in 1381. Life, February 9, 1968.
137 if tongue was the organ to be manifested. Mailer, Miami and the Siege of Chicago, 119.
137 “That’s kind of Greek, isn’t it?” Life, April 12, 1968.
137 had gotten him the job. Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life and Times (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000), 65.
138 “A paratrooper.” Ibid., 19.
139 such as Robert Lowell, Ibid., 304.
139 “Viva all of you.” Time, March 22, 1968.
139 “Run for the bus.” Life,